fels

noun

ˈfels

variants or fals

ˈfals

plural falus

fəˈlüs

: a copper coin used in an Arabic-speaking country

Note: Fels may have referred originally to a specific early coin, but it later came to be a general term for any copper coin.

Word History

Etymology

Arabic fals (plural fulūs), from Late Greek phollis, a small coin, from Late Latin follis, from Latin, bellows, leather moneybag

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