dinar

dinar

See also: dinár, dînar, and diñar

English

A note worth one Tunisian dinar, which may itself be referred to as a dinar.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (southern England)

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Noun

dinar (plural dinars)

1. The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.
2. (historical) An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

Related terms

• denarius

Translations

official currency of several countries

Arabic: دِينَار‎ (ar) m (dīnār), (in Jordan) لِيرَة‎ f (līra) Armenian: դինար (hy) (dinar) Azerbaijani: dinar Belarusian: дына́р m (dynár) Bengali: দিনার (bn) (dinar) Catalan: dinar (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 第納爾／第纳尔 (zh) (dìnà'ěr) Czech: dinár (cs) m Finnish: dinaari (fi) French: dinar (fr) m Georgian: დინარი (dinari) Greek: δηνάριο (el) (dinário) Hebrew: דִּינָר‎ (he) m (dinar) Hindi: दीनार (hi) m (dīnār) Indonesian: dinar (id) Italian: dinaro (it) m Japanese: ディナール (dināru) Korean: 디나르 (dinareu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dînar (ku) Macedonian: ди́нар m (dínar) Malay: dinar, dinar Maori: tinā Oriya: ଡିନାର୍ (or) (ḍinar), ଦିନାର୍ (or) (dinar) Persian: دینار‎ (fa) (dinâr) Polish: dinar (pl) m Portuguese: dinar (pt) m Russian: дина́р (ru) m (dinár) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: динар m Roman: dinar (sh) m Spanish: dinar (es) m Tajik: динор (dinor) Turkish: dinar (tr) Ukrainian: дина́р m (dynár) Urdu: دینار‎ m (dīnār) Uyghur: دىنار‎ (dinar) Uzbek: dinor (uz)

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /diˈna/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /diˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. dinar (various currencies)

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan disnar, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin [Term?], from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus. Compare Occitan disnar, French dîner.

Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. lunch

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to lunch

   Coordinate terms: esmorzar, sopar

Conjugation

Conjugation of dinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			dinar
present participle			dinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dinat		dinada
		plural		dinats		dinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dino	dines	dina	dinem	dineu	dinen
	imperfect	dinava	dinaves	dinava	dinàvem	dinàveu	dinaven
	future	dinaré	dinaràs	dinarà	dinarem	dinareu	dinaran
	preterite	diní	dinares	dinà	dinàrem	dinàreu	dinaren
	conditional	dinaria	dinaries	dinaria	dinaríem	dinaríeu	dinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dini	dinis	dini	dinem	dineu	dinin
	imperfect	dinés	dinessis	dinés	dinéssim	dinéssiu	dinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	dina	dini	dinem	dineu	dinin

Further reading

• “dinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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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French

Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. dinar

Further reading

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. dinar

Further reading

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.nar/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: di‧nar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar.

Noun

dinar m anim

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)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dinar m anim (diminutive denarek)

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

Declension

Declension of dinar

	singular	plural
nominative	dinar	dinary
genitive	dinara	dinarów
dative	dinarowi	dinarom
accusative	dinara	dinary
instrumental	dinarem	dinarami
locative	dinarze	dinarach
vocative	dinarze	dinary

Derived terms

adjective

• dinarowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic دِينَار‎ (dīnār, “dinar”). Doublet of dinheiro and denário.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈna(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈnaɾ/

Noun

dinar m (plural dinares)

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

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

dinar m (plural dinari)

1. dinar

Declension

Declension of dinar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dinar	dinarul	(niște) dinari	dinarii
genitive/dative	(unui) dinar	dinarului	(unor) dinari	dinarilor
vocative	dinarule		dinarilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of dinar

	singular	plural
nominative	dinar	dinari
genitive	dinara	dinara
dative	dinaru	dinarima
accusative	dinar	dinare
vocative	dinare	dinari
locative	dinaru	dinarima
instrumental	dinarom	dinarima

See also

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dinar m (plural dinares)

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

Further reading

• “dinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

dinar c

1. a dinar, the currency of various countries

Declension

Declension of dinar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dinar	dinaren	dinarer	dinarerna
Genitive	dinars	dinarens	dinarers	dinarernas

References

• dinar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)