dinar

American  

[dih-nahr] / dɪˈnɑr /

noun

dinars plural

1. any of various former coins of the Middle East and North Africa, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.

2. a money of account of Iran, one 100th of a rial.

3. 1. formerly, a coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, equal to 100 paras. Din.

   2. a coin and monetary unit of Macedonia and Serbia, equal to 100 paras.

4. a paper money, silver or nickel coin, and monetary unit of Iraq, equal to 1000 fils or 20 dirhams. ID.

5. a paper money and monetary unit of Jordan, equal to 1000 fils. JD.

6. a paper money and monetary unit of Kuwait, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 fils. KD.

7. a paper money and monetary unit of Tunisia, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 millimes.

8. a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Algeria, equal to 100 centimes. DA.

9. a paper money and monetary unit of Bahrain, equal to 1000 fils. BD.

10. a paper money and monetary unit of Libya, equal to 1000 dirham: replaced the pound in 1971. LD.

11. a paper money and monetary unit of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, equal to 1000 fils. YD.

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dinar British  

/ ˈdiːnɑː /

noun

1.  Din.   D.   d.  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

2. a monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates worth one tenth of a dirham

3. a coin, esp one of gold, formerly used in the Middle East

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dinars
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dinar

First recorded in 1625–35; from Arabic, Persian dīnār, from Late Greek dēnárion, from Latin dēnārius a ten-as coin; see denary

Example Sentences

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dinar dinars

Firas Zreeg, 37, told AFP while weaving through a crowded supermarket that the economy was deteriorating, blaming currency speculators for the fall in the dinar, "which has negative repercussions on our daily lives".

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

They have had little notice of the authorities' plan to ban the use of the dinar.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

Palestinians have no currency of their own and use the euro, U.S. dollar, Israeli shekel, and Jordanian dinar in their daily lives.

From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023

On Sunday, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani met with al-Allaq and discussed measures to stabilize the dinar price against the dollar.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

I sold it for half a dinar, with part of which I bought victual and laid up the rest.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

Before the war, 28-year-old Moustafa al-Haboubi could barely manage the crowds queuing to exchange foreign currency for Iraqi dinars.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The armed groups then transferred the cash back to Iraq, exchanged it for dinars and profited from the currency arbitrage, Treasury said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

That means their salaries are paid in dinars.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

She now pays rent — 200 Jordanian dinars, or $282 each year — to the lawyers of the Jewish trust.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Moawiya, indeed, had struck dinars and dirhems with a Moslem inscription, but his subjects would not accept them as there was no cross upon them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various