dinar
Plural: dinars
Noun
- A unit of currency in several Middle Eastern and Balkan countries.
- 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran
- the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia
- the basic unit of money in Tunisia
- the basic unit of money in Libya
- the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils
- the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils
- the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils
- the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils
- the basic unit of money in Algeria
- The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.
- An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.
Examples
- Finding DINAR on his rack felt like hitting the jackpot in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Algerian dinar, Bahrain dinar, Iranian dinar, Iraqi dinar, Jordanian dinar, Kuwaiti dinar, Libyan dinar, Tunisian dinar, Yugoslavian dinar
Scrabble Score: 6
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dinar: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary