# dinar
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdiːnɑː(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

dinar (plural dinars)
* (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: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.
* (historical) An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

#### Derived terms

* dinarization

#### Related terms

* denarius

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [diˈnar]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

#### Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)
* dinar (various currencies)

### Etymology 2

From Old Catalan dinar, 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.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)
* lunch

#### Verb

dinar (first-person singular present dino, first-person singular preterite diní, past participle dinat)
* (intransitive) to lunch
    Coordinate terms: esmorzar, sopar

##### Conjugation
### 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, 2025
* “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.

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)
* dinar

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd̪inar]
* Rhymes: -nar, -ar, -r
* Hyphenation: di‧nar

### Noun

dinar (plural)
* dinar

### Further reading

* “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.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.nar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inar
* Syllabification: di‧nar

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar.

#### Noun

dinar m animal
* dinar (currency of Algeria)
* dinar (currency of Bahrain)
* dinar (former unit of currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* dinar (former unit of currency of Croatia)
* dinar (former unit of currency of Iran)
* dinar (currency of Iraq)
* dinar (currency of Jordan)
* dinar (currency of Kuwait)
* dinar (currency of Libya)
* dinar (currency of Serbia)
* dinar (former unit of currency of South Yemen)
* dinar (former unit of currency of Sudan)
* dinar (currency of Tunisia)
* dinar (former unit of currency of Yugoslavia)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

dinar m animal (diminutive denarek)
* (historical) dinar (ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight)

##### Derived terms

* dinarowy

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈnaʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈnah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈnaʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈnah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈnaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈnaʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈnaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈnaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /diˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: di‧nar

### Noun

dinar m (plural dinares)
* dinar (name of official currency of several countries)

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

dinar m (plural dinari)
* dinar

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

dȉnār m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏на̄р)
* dinar
* (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.
* coins in Spanish playing cards

#### See also

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈnaɾ/ [d̪iˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: di‧nar

### Noun

dinar m (plural dinares)
* (numismatics) dinar, the official currency of several countries

### Further reading

* “dinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

dinar c
* a dinar, the currency of various countries

#### Declension
### References

* dinar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)