masrouf مصروف
Algerian Darja · noun
“masrouf” (مصروف) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning expenses, costs.
Meanings
- expenses, costs
- pocket money
- household budget
Usage
Masrouf refers to money that is spent, especially on everyday needs: food, transport, bills. People speak of the masrouf of the house for the household budget, and of a child's or student's masrouf for their pocket money. In "masrouf kbir", the idea is that life is expensive or that a burden weighs heavily. The word is also a past participle: "masrouf 3lih" means "spent on". The register is neutral and the word is used everywhere. It does not mean "salary": for income, people rather say khlas or chehriya.
Example
المصروف تاع الدار ولّى غالي بزاف
el masrouf ta3 dar wella ghali bezzaf
“The household expenses have become very high.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “masrouf” but also “masrof”, “mesrouf” and “masrouff”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “masrouf” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pocket money”; “expenses, outgoings”: msrof in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “expenses, running costs”; “pocket money”: masrouf in Tunisian.