noun
Meaning 1
The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
riyal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɑːl/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ɹiːˈjɑːl/
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noun
Meaning 2
The official currency of Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the basic unit of money in Qatar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Qatari riyal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Qatari monetary unit
noun
Meaning 4
the basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Saudi Arabian riyal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Saudi Arabian monetary unit
History
Etymology
From Arabic رِيَال (riyāl). Doublet of ariary, real, regal, and royal.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رِيَال (riyāl) — currency
- Armenian: ռիալ (ṙial) — currency
- Asturian: rial — currency
- Chinese Mandarin: 里亞爾 /里亚尔 (lǐyà'ěr) — currency
- Dhivehi: ރިޔާލު (riyālu) — currency
- Dutch: rial — currency
- Finnish: rial — currency
- Georgian: რიალი (riali) — currency
- Greek: ριάλ (riál) — currency
- Hindi: रियाल (riyāl) — currency
- Japanese: リヤル (riyaru) — currency
- Korean: 리얄 (riyal) — currency
- Malay: riyal — currency
- Māori: riwa — currency
- Marathi: रियाल (riyāl) — currency
- Navajo: wiyal — currency
- Norwegian Bokmål: rijal — currency
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rijal — currency
- Persian: ریال (riyâl) — currency
- Russian: рия́л (rijál) — currency
- Russian: риа́л (riál) — currency
- Swahili: riali — currency
- Turkish: riyal — currency
- Uyghur: رىيال (riyal) — currency