[di.nar] n [Ar dinar, fr. LGk denarion denarius, fr. L denarius--more at denier] (1634) 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, Tunisia, Yemen, and Yugoslavia b: a monetary unit equal to 1/100 rial (Iran) b--see rial at money table