dinar

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnɑː(ɹ)/

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dinar (plural dinars)

2. (numismatics) The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.
   • 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe.

3. (historical) An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

• denarius

• Darin, Drain, Drina, Indra, Nadir, Nardi, Ndari, Radin, drain, nadir, ranid

Ultimately derived from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of diner and denari.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [diˈnar]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. dinar (various currencies)

Borrowed from Old Occitan disnar, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from Late Latin disieiūnō (“to break the fast”), from dis- + ieiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus. Compare Occitan disnar, French dîner.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [diˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. lunch

dinar (first-person singular present dino, first-person singular preterite diní, past participle dinat)

1. (intransitive) to lunch

   Coordinate terms: esmorzar, sopar

• “dinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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dinar m (plural dinars)

1. dinar

• “dinar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Malay dinar, from Classical Malay dinar, from Arabic دِينَار (dīnār).

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪inar]
• Rhymes: -nar, -ar, -r
• Hyphenation: di‧nar

dinar (plural dinar-dinar, first-person possessive dinarku, second-person possessive dinarmu, third-person possessive dinarnya)

1. dinar

• “dinar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.nar/

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• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: di‧nar

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar.

dinar m animal

1. dinar (currency of Algeria)
2. dinar (currency of Bahrain)
3. dinar (former unit of currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
4. dinar (former unit of currency of Croatia)
5. dinar (former unit of currency of Iran)
6. dinar (currency of Iraq)
7. dinar (currency of Jordan)
8. dinar (currency of Kuwait)
9. dinar (currency of Libya)
10. dinar (currency of Serbia)
11. dinar (former unit of currency of South Yemen)
12. dinar (former unit of currency of Sudan)
13. dinar (currency of Tunisia)
14. dinar (former unit of currency of Yugoslavia)

Borrowed from Arabic دِينَار (dīnār), from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar.

dinar m animal (diminutive denarek)

1. (historical) dinar (ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight)

• dinar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dinar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār, “dinar”), from Aramaic דֵּינָרָא / ܕܝܢܪܐ (dēnārā), from Ancient Greek δηνάριον (dēnárion), from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dinheiro and denário.

• Hyphenation: di‧nar

dinar m (plural dinares)

1. dinar (name of official currency of several countries)

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek δηνάριον (dēnárion), from Latin denarius. Doublet of denar.

dinar m (plural dinari)

1. dinar

Derived from Turkish dinar, ultimately from Arabic دِينَار (dīnār).

dȉnār m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏на̄р)

1. dinar
2. (figurative) a small amount of money in general

   Nemam ni dinara. — I haven't got any money.

   Daj mi neki dinar. — Give me a little money.

3. coins in Spanish playing cards

Spanish suits in Serbo-Croatian · talijanske karte (layout · text)
špada, spada	kupa	dinar	bašton, baštun

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dinero.

• IPA^(key): /diˈnaɾ/ [d̪iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧nar

dinar m (plural dinares)

1. (numismatics) dinar, the official currency of several countries

• “dinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

dinar c

1. a dinar, the currency of various countries

• dinar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)