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dinar

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdiːnɑː/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di när′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
di•nar  (di när′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Currencyany of various former coins of the Near East, esp. gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
  2. Currencya money of account of Iran, the 100th part of a rial.
  3. Currencyan aluminum coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, equal to 100 paras. Abbr.: Din.
  4. Currencya paper money, silver or nickel coin, and monetary unit of Iraq, equal to 1000 fils or 20 dirhams. Abbr.: ID.
  5. Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Jordan, equal to 1000 fils. Abbr.: JD.
  6. Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Kuwait, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 fils. Abbr.: KD.
  7. Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Tunisia, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 millimes.
  8. Currencya paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Algeria, equal to 100 centimes. Abbr.: DA.
  9. Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Bahrain, equal to 1000 fils. Abbr.: BD.
  10. Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Libya, equal to 1000 dirham: replaced the pound in 1971. Abbr.: LD.
  11. Currencya paper money and monetary unit of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, equal to 1000 fils. Abbr.: YD.
  • Latin dēnārius a ten-as coin; see denary
  • Late Greek dēnárion
  • Arabic, Persian dīnār
  • 1625–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dinar /ˈdiːnɑː/ n
  1. the standard monetary unit of the following countries or territories. Algeria: divided into 100 centimes. Bahrain: divided into 1000 fils. Iraq: divided into 1000 fils. Jordan: divided into 1000 fils. Kuwait: divided into 1000 fils. Libya: divided into 1000 dirhams. Serbia: divided into 100 paras (formerly the standard monetary unit of Yugoslavia). Sudan, Tunisia: divided into 1000 millimes
Etymology: 17th Century: from Arabic, from Late Greek dēnarion, from Latin dēnārius denarius
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