قروش

• IPA^(key): /qu.ruːʃ/

قُرُوش • (qurūš) ?

1. plural of قِرْش (qirš)

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈruːʃ/

قُرُوش • (gurūš) pl

1. plural of قِرْش (girš)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡuruːʃ/, /ɣuruːʃ/

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-gurūsh.

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

• Juba Arabic: guruush
• Nubi: gurush

• 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