ريال
Arabic
noun
Definitions
- riyal (the official currency of Saudi Arabia and Qatar).
- rial (the official currency of Oman, Yemen, and Iran).
- real (the official currency of Brazil).
- real (any of a number of defunct currencies in the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian real (royal, real, unit of currency).
Origin
Spanish
real
Gloss
royal, real, unit of currency
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- regalis, rēgālis Latin
- reālis Latin
- rēgālis Latin
- reaal Dutch, Flemish
- réal French
- Puerto Real Spanish, Castilian
- pitorreal Spanish, Castilian
- real Spanish, Castilian
- realeza Spanish, Castilian
- realista Spanish, Castilian
- realmente Spanish, Castilian
- zorzal real Spanish, Castilian
- réal Irish
- ﷼ Arabic
- ریال Persian
- yáál Navajo, Navaho
- tozanreal Northern Puebla Nahuatl
- lial O'odham