riyal

English

Etymology

From Arabic رِيَال (riyāl). Doublet of ariary, real, regal, and royal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɑːl/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈjɑːl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

riyal (plural riyals)

1. The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
2. The official currency of Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas.

Translations

currency

• Arabic: رِيَال (ar) m (riyāl)
• Armenian: ռիալ (ṙial)
• Asturian: rial (ast) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里亞爾 / 里亚尔 (zh) (lǐyà'ěr)

• Dhivehi: ރިޔާލު (riyālu)
• Dutch: rial (nl)
• Finnish: rial (fi)
• Georgian: რიალი (riali)
• Greek: ριάλ (riál)
• Hindi: रियाल (riyāl)
• Japanese: リヤル (ja) (riyaru)
• Korean: 리얄 (riyal)
• Malay: riyal
• Māori: riwa
• Marathi: रियाल (riyāl)
• Navajo: wiyal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rijal

  Nynorsk: rijal

• Persian: ریال (fa) (riyâl)
• Russian: рия́л (ru) m (rijál), риа́л (ru) m (riál)
• Swahili: riali
• Turkish: riyal (tr)
• Uyghur: رىيال (riyal)

See also

• rial

Anagrams

• airly, lairy

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِيَال (riyāl). Doublet of rial and royal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrijal/ [ˈri.jal]
• Rhymes: -ijal
• Syllabification: ri‧yal

Noun

riyal (plural riyal-riyal)

1. riyal (The official currency of Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) from Portuguese real from Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”, compare with Sanskrit राजन् (rājan)). Doublet of rial and raja.

Noun

riyal (plural riyal-riyal or riyal²)

1. (obsolete, Kelantan) Straits dollar
2. (northern Malay Peninsula) ringgit alternative form of rial
   • 2019 August 28, Hazelen Liana Kamarudin, “'Kok' mahal pado 'riyal'”, in Sinar Harian:

     Nilai Ringgit Malaysia (RM) atau lebih dikenali sebagai 'riyal' di Kelantan yang lebih rendah berbanding baht atau 'kok' menggalakkan rakyat Thailand pulang ke kampung mereka.

     The value of the Malaysian ringgit also known in Kelantan as 'riyal' lower than the baht or 'kok' has compelled Thai citizens to return to their hometowns.

3. riyal (The official currency of Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

riyal m (definite singular riyalen, indefinite plural riyalar, definite plural riyalane)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of rijal

Spanish

Noun

riyal m (plural riyales)

1. riyal