msrof مصروف

Moroccan Darija · noun

“msrof” (مصروف) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning pocket money.

Meanings

1. pocket money
2. expenses, outgoings

Usage

The most common meaning of lmSrof is the sum given to a child, a pupil or a family member for small expenses. That is pocket money. For example, "3tani lmSrof" (he gave me my pocket money). More broadly, the word refers to the everyday expenses of a household or a person. It is almost always used with the article, often with a possessive: mSrofi, mSrofek. It should not be confused with the homographic adjective meaning "spent".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msrof” but also “masrof”, “msrouf” and “masrouf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “msrof” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “expenses, costs”; “pocket money”: masrouf in Algerian.

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.