flous فلوس
Moroccan Darija · noun
“flous” (فلوس) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning money (currency, sum).
Meanings
- money (currency, sum)
- funds, financial means
Usage
Flous is the ordinary word for "money", in the sense of currency or wealth. It is never used for the metal, which is nqra. It is very often used with chi ("some"): 3ndek chi flous ?; slefni chi flous. With the article, it is lflous: lflous ma kafyach. Several expressions are common: flous bzaf ("a lot of money") and mwalin lflous ("the rich"). Note that amounts are expressed in dirham or ryal, not with flous.
Example
سلفني شي فلوس
slefni chi flous
“Lend me some money.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “flous” but also “flouss”, “flos” and “fleus”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “flous” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “money (currency)”; “chick (pronounced fellous)”: flous in Algerian.