As a Hindi name
दीनार · noun · masculine
स्वर्णभूषण । सोने का गहना · निष्क की तौल · स्वर्णमुद्रा । मोहर — Śabdasāgara
दीनार · masculine
gold coin: dinar
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दीनार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दीनार (dīnāra) or Arabic دِينَار (dīnār, “dinar; gold coin”), ultimately from Ancient Greek δηνάριον (dēnárion), from Latin dēnārius.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dīnāra m. (fr. δηνάριον, denarius) a gold coin or a certain weight of gold (variously stated as 2 Kāṣṭhas, 1 Pala of 32 Rettis or the large Pala of 108 Suvarṇas), Pañc.; Rājat. iv
a gold ornament, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a gold coin or a certain weight of gold (variously stated as 2 Kāṣṭhas, 1 Pala of 32 Rettis or the large Pala of 108 Suvarṇas)
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dīnāra m. (fr. δηνάριον, denarius) a gold coin or a certain weight of gold (variously stated as 2 Kāṣṭhas, 1 Pala of 32 Rettis or the large Pala of 108 Suvarṇas), Pañc.; Rājat. iv
a gold ornament, L.
a seal, L.
dīnāra m. (-raḥ) 1 A gold ornament. 2 A seal. 3 A weight of gold, variously stated as two Kāṣṭhas, one Pala of thirtytwo Reitis, and also as the large Pala or hundred and eight Suvarṇas. 4 A coin, a Dinar. E. dīna a pauper, and ṛ to go; what is given to the poor; or dī to waste, Uṇādi affix āran, and nuṭ augment.
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