fils
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fils1 /fɪls/
▶noun (pl. same) a monetary unit of Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, and Yemen, equal to one hundredth of a riyal in Yemen and one thousandth of a dinar elsewhere.
– origin from a colloq. pronunc. of Arab. fals, denoting a small copper coin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fils2 /fiːs/
▶noun used after a surname to distinguish a son from a father of the same name.
– origin Fr., ‘son’.
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