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

After coming under pressure, Kosovo's government said it would "not implement punitive measures immediately" if people continued to use the dinar.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

Four banks and 15 financial institutions use Serbia’s dinar.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 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

But he had no spending money for he could not persuade himself to take even a single dinar from his hoard and he had provided himself with naught save the meagrest provision.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

Meanwhile, the country’s Interior Ministry announced the openings for 37,100 members of the police force, for three-year periods with a monthly pay of 500,000 Iraqi dinars — about $377.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

"Forty gold dinars, sewed up in my waistcoat," said the boy again.

From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver