Dinar - Definition and Overview

The word Dinar (in Arabic and Persian: دينار) traces its origin back to the Roman currency, the denarius (pl. denarii).

Numerous countries today use Dinar as the name for their currencies:

• Algeria: See Algerian dinar
• Bahrain: See Bahraini dinar
• Iran: A dinar is officially one hundredth part of an Iranian Rial
• Iraq: See Iraqi dinar
• Jordan: See Jordanian dinar
• Kuwait: See Kuwaiti dinar
• Libya: See Libyan dinar
• Serbia: See Serbian dinar
• Sudan: See Sudanese dinar (formerly used the pound)
• Republic of Macedonia: See Macedonian Denar
• Tunisia: See Tunisian dinar

Most of the countries using dinar as the name of their currency are Arabic-speaking or were once part of the Ottoman Empire.