قروش

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qu.ruːʃ/

Noun

قُرُوش • (qurūš)

1. plural of قِرْش (qirš)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈruːʃ/

Noun

قُرُوش • (gurūš) pl

1. plural of قِرْش (girš)

Sudanese Arabic

قروش

Etymology

From Arabic قُرُوشْ (qurūš), plural of قِرْشْ (qirš), from Ottoman Turkish قروش, from German Groschen, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”). Cognate with Chadian Arabic قرس (gurus, “money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuruːʃ/, /ɣuruːʃ/

Noun

قروش • (gurūš) m

1. (plural only) money
   • 2024, كِتاب العَهد الجَّديد مِن الكِتاب المُقَدَّس‎^[1], Pioneer Bible Translators, يُوحَنَّا [John] 2:14:

     و لِقى في الهيكَل، ناس قاعِدين، هُم الكانو بِبيعو بَقَر و غَنَم و حَمام، و البِغَيِّرو القُروش.

     wa liga fi l-hēkal, nās gāʕidīn, hum al-kānu bibīʕu bagar wa ḡanam wa ḥammām, wa l-biḡayyiru l-gurūš.

     And he found in the temple people sitting, those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and those who were exchanging money.

Descendants

• Juba Arabic: guruush
• Nubi: gurush

References

• Hillelson, Sigmar (1925), Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎^[2], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 190
• The Catholic Language Institute Khartoum (C.L.I.K) (2008), Spoken Arabic of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, page 329