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الدينار

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the gold dinar coin, its origin, and related terms. It also extends to descriptions of horses and personal names derived from the coin.

Derived headwords

الدِّينَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Dinarboth

    A gold coin, originally Persian (denar), which was adopted into Arabic. The form 'Dinar' is a Persianism with an added 'ya' to distinguish it from abstract nouns.

الدِّينَارِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Of the Dinarclassical

    Relating to the Dinar coin.

  2. 2.
    Horse nameclassical

    A proper name for a horse.

دِنَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Dinarclassical

    The original Persian form of the gold coin, 'denar'.

دِينَار الأَنْصَارِيّname
  1. 1.
    Dinar al-Ansariclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet (Sahabi).

عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارname
  1. 1.
    Amr ibn Dinarclassical

    A Successor (Tabi'i), whose father was reportedly a Companion.

الدَّيْنَوَرname
  1. 1.
    Daynawarclassical

    A city name, with the 'dal' pronounced with a kasra.

المُدَنَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Speckled horseclassical

    A horse that has spots or speckles above its natural coat color (barsh).

دَنَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    To shineclassical

    Said of a face, meaning it gleamed or shone brightly.

تَدْنِيرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Shiningclassical

    The act of shining or gleaming, used to describe a face.

دِينَار مُدَنَّرnoun
  1. 1.
    Minted dinarclassical

    A dinar coin that has been minted or struck.

مُدَنَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Mintedclassical

    Describes a coin that has been minted or struck.

مُدَنَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    Rich in dinarsclassical

    Someone who possesses many dinars (coins).

Parallel reading

الدِّينَار، معرب، أصله دنار، فأبدل من إحداهما ياء لئلا يلتبس بالمصادر
The Dinar, a Persianism, its origin is 'denar', so a 'ya' was substituted for one of them to avoid confusion with abstract nouns.
والديناري: فرس.
And 'al-Dinary': a horse.
ودينار الأنصاري: صحابي.
And Dinar al-Ansari: a Companion.
وعمرو بن دينار: تابعي، وأبوه قيل: صحابي.
And Amr ibn Dinar: a Tabi'i, and his father was said to be a Companion.
والدينور، بكسر لدال: د.
And al-Daynawar, with a kasra on the dal: a city.
والمدنر: فرس فيه نكت فوق البرش.
And 'al-Mudannar': a horse with spots above its natural coat.
ودنر وجهه تدنيرا: تلألأ.
And his face 'dunnara' (shone) with 'tadniran': it gleamed.
ودينار مدنر: مضروب.
And a 'mudannar' dinar: minted.
ودنر، بالضم، فهو مدنر: كثر دنانيره.
And he 'dunnara', with damma: he is 'mudannar': his dinars were numerous.