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Definition of dinar

dinar

/ˈdiːnɑːr/
di · nar
Plural:dinars
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• noun

1

The principal monetary unit of several countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, and Tunisia.

Example

"Before traveling to Amman, she exchanged her dollars for Jordanian dinars at the airport currency counter."

2

A historical gold coin first minted in the seventh century and circulated widely throughout the medieval Islamic world.

Example

"The museum exhibition featured a collection of ninth-century gold dinars struck during the Abbasid Caliphate."

• Rhymes for dinar

• Nearby Words

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic dīnār, which was adapted via Syriac and Byzantine Greek from the Latin denarius, an ancient Roman silver coin originally worth ten asses.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Dinar. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/dinar
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