دِينَارٌ
Root: دنر
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دِينَارٌ
, an arabicized word, from the Persian [دِينَارْ], or from دِينْ آرْ, meaning “ the law brought it ” [into being or circulation]: some say, its original is دِنَّارٌ; one of its ن being changed into ى to render it more easy to be pronounced, or that it may not be confounded with inf. ns., such as كِذَّابٌ; and hence its pl. is دَنَانِيرُ, and its dim.
دُنَيْنِيرٌ : this is the opinion generally obtaining: others say that it is of the measure فِيعَالٌ; but this opinion is contradicted by the absence of the ى in [the second syllable of] the pl.; for were it so, its pl. would be like دَيَامِيسُ, pl. of دِيمَاسٌ: [it is the name of A certain gold coin;] its weight is seventy-one barley-corns and a half, nearly, reckoning the
دَانِق
as eight grains of wheat and two fifths; but if it be said that the
دانق
is eight grains of wheat, then the
دينار
is sixty-eight grains of wheat and four sevenths: it is the same as the
مَثْقَال.
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