How to say "money" in Arabic

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Meaningmoney

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

فُلُوس

fulūsפלוס

فلوس

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

כסף

kesefكِسِف

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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

مَصَارِي

maṣārīמצארי

The usual Levantine word for money.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

فِلُوس

filūsפלוס

Cairo keeps fulūs, with a kasra: filūs.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

فْلُوس

flūsפלוס

عِنْدِي فُلُوس كَثِيرَة

ʿindī fulūs kathīraענדי פלוס כת'ירה

I have a lot of money.