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