Dinar

Dinar originating from the Roman currency, the denarius (pl. denarii).

There are several Dinar currencies used in the world today:

• Algeria: See Algerian dinar
• Bahrain: See Bahraini dinar
• Iran: Dinar is officially one hundredth of Iranian Rial
• Iraq: See Iraqi dinar
• Jordan: See Jordanian dinar
• Kuwait: See Kuwaiti dinar
• Libya: See Libyan dinar
• Serbia: See Serbian dinar
• Republic of Macedonia: See Macedonian Denar

Most of the countries using a dinar as currency are Arabic-speaking or were in the Ottoman Empire of old. Dinar in Arabic is written as "دينار".