 thumb|300px|right|nations in dark green currently use the dinar. nations in light green previously used the dinar. yugoslavian states are inset to the lower left. the dinar or denar is a main currency unit in modern circulation in nine mostly-islamic countries, and has historic use in several more. ==history==  the english word "dinar" is the transliteration of the arabic Ø¯ÙÙØ§Ø± (dÄ«nÄr), which was borrowed via the syriac dÄ«narÄ from the greek Î´Î·Î½Î¬ÏÎ¹Î¿Î½ (dÃ©narion), itself from the latin dÄnÄrius.oxford english dictionary, second edition, 1989, s.v. dinar; online version november 2010 the gold dinar was an early islamic coin corresponding to the byzantine denarius auri. a gold coin known as the dÄ«nÄra was also introduced to india by the kushan empire in the 1st century ad, and adopted by the gupta empire and its successors up to the 6th century. the modern gold dinar is a modern bullion gold coin. == legal tender ==  === countries currently using a currency called "dinar" or similar === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! countries ! currency ! iso 4217 code |- |  | algerian dinar | dzd |- |  | bahraini dinar | bhd |- |  | iraqi dinar | iqd |- |  | jordanian dinar | jod |- |  | kuwaiti dinar | kwd |- |  | libyan dinar | lyd |- |  | macedonian denar | mkn (1992â1993)mkd (1993â ) |- |  | serbian dinar | rsd |- |  | tunisian dinar | tnd |} === countries and regions which have previously used a currency called "dinar" === [[file:offa king of m
Denominations_(currency) Dinar Modern_obsolete_currencies