dinar

noun

di·​nar di-ˈnär How to pronounce dinar (audio)
ˈdē-ˌnär
1
: a gold coin formerly used in countries of southwest Asia and north Africa
2
a
: the basic monetary unit of Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, and Tunisia see Money Table
b
: a monetary subunit of the rial (Iran) see rial at Money Table

Examples of dinar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Today, because of the scarcity of dollars, the refrigerator would cost 375,000 dinars. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023 Thanks to a subsidy set by President Habib Bourguiba in the 1970s, a baguette costs just 0.20 Tunisian dinars, or $0.06, well below the actual cost. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2023 Its central bank is raising interest rates alongside the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep the Jordanian dinar pegged to the U.S. dollar. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2023 With no warning, their welfare payments were slashed by 30 percent, from around 70,000 dinars ($630) per month to 40,000 dinars ($360). Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023 Demand for dollars has increased and the cost in Iraqi dinars at some local currency traders has surged. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023 In October, that was the equivalent of 320,000 dinars. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023 Issaoui said he had been charged 10 dinars ($3.30), double the price of bananas set by the government. Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Apr. 2023 Their debt ballooned to over 1 million dinars ($9,000). Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Arabic dīnār, from Late Greek dēnarion denarius, from Latin denarius — more at denier

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dinar was in 1634

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Cite this Entry

“Dinar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinar. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

dinar

noun
di·​nar di-ˈnär How to pronounce dinar (audio)
ˈdē-ˌ
1
: a basic unit of money (as of Jordan)
2
: a coin or bill representing one dinar

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