dinar
any of various former coins of the Middle East and North Africa, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
a money of account of Iran, one 100th of a rial.
formerly, a coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, equal to 100 paras. Abbreviation: Din.
a coin and monetary unit of Macedonia and Serbia, equal to 100 paras.
a paper money, silver or nickel coin, and monetary unit of Iraq, equal to 1000 fils or 20 dirhams. Abbreviation: ID.
a paper money and monetary unit of Jordan, equal to 1000 fils. Abbreviation: JD.
a paper money and monetary unit of Kuwait, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 fils. Abbreviation: KD.
a paper money and monetary unit of Tunisia, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 millimes.
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Algeria, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: DA.
a paper money and monetary unit of Bahrain, equal to 1000 fils. Abbreviation: BD.
a paper money and monetary unit of Libya, equal to 1000 dirham: replaced the pound in 1971. Abbreviation: LD.
a paper money and monetary unit of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, equal to 1000 fils. Abbreviation: YD.
Origin of dinar
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How to use dinar in a sentence
“The Army will give people 3,000 dinars and people will be happy to give them up,” he said.
He was promised 100 dinars a month in the military, a fortune for Fathi.
It costs 10,000 dinars for a wedding and 25,000 to 30,000 for a flat.
But the Khalifa, he laughs, spent 120 million Bahraini dinars ($318 million) on a bowl made of pearls.
Bahrain Protests Intensify: Government Opens Fire | Karen Leigh | February 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHis son Mahadi, in a single pilgrimage to Mecca, expended six millions of dinars of gold.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
He trembled as again he urged on me the little gift, the personal gift, the trifling gift of 2,000 dinars.
The Mercy of Allah | Hilaire BellocIt was quite impossible for him to offer more than 10,000 dinars, and even so he would doubtless be the loser by the transaction.
The Mercy of Allah | Hilaire BellocThe sum of 500,000 dinars, well packed, will load without discomfort some dozen camels.
The Mercy of Allah | Hilaire BellocTo use the familiar language of the market I regarded my present fortune of a million dinars as my pile.
The Mercy of Allah | Hilaire Belloc
British Dictionary definitions for dinar
/ (ˈdiːnɑː) /
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: Abbreviation: Din, D, d
a monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates worth one tenth of a dirham
a coin, esp one of gold, formerly used in the Middle East
Origin of dinar
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