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 Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• dinarization

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 (ja) (dināru)
• Korean: 디나르 (dinareu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دینار (dînar)

  Northern Kurdish: dînar (ku)

• Macedonian: ди́нар m (dínar)
• Malay: dinar, dinar
• Maori: tinā
• Odia: ଡିନାର୍ (or) (ḍinār), ଦିନାର୍ (or) (dinār)
• 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
• Swedish: dinar (sv) c
• 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

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)

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

Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. lunch

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to lunch

   Coordinate terms: esmorzar, sopar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			dinar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	dina	dini	dinem	dineu	dinin
	negative (no)	—	no dinis	no dini	no dinem	no dineu	no dinin

Further reading

• “dinar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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 (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

dinar m (plural dinars)

1. dinar

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dinar, from Arabic دِينَار (dīnār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdinar/ [ˈdi.nar]
• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: di‧nar

Noun

dinar (plural dinar-dinar)

2. (numismatics) dinar: the official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.

Further reading

• “dinar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.nar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: di‧nar

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar.

Noun

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)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dinar m animal (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

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^(key): /d͡ʒiˈnaʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈnah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈnaʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈnah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈnaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈnaʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈnaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈnaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: di‧nar

Noun

dinar m (plural dinares)

1. 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)

1. dinar

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dinar	dinarul		dinari	dinarii
genitive-dative	dinar	dinarului		dinari	dinarilor
vocative	dinarule			dinarilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

dȉnār m inan (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

Spanish

Etymology

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Noun

dinar c

1. a dinar, the currency of various countries

Declension

Declension of dinar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dinar	dinars
	definite	dinaren	dinarens
plural	indefinite	dinarer	dinarers
	definite	dinarerna	dinarernas

References

• dinar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)