ریال

See also: ريال and ﷼

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian reale,[2] from Spanish real.[3]

Noun

ریال • (riyal)

  1. Any of various units of currency (Spanish dollar, French five franc piece, etc.)

Descendants

  • Turkish: riyal

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اریال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 75
  2. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ریال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 997
  3. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ریال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 635

Persian

Etymology

Compare Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) and Ottoman Turkish ریال, both from Spanish real.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? riyāl
Dari reading? riyāl
Iranian reading? riyâl
Tajik reading? riyol

Noun

ریال • (riyāl / riyâl) (Tajik spelling риёл)

  1. rial (the official currency of Iran)

See also

Further reading

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