ریال

See also: ريال
See also: ريال and ﷼

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Persian

Etymology

Compare Arabic ريال and Ottoman Turkish ریال, both from Spanish real.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ri.jɑːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ri.jɑːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ri.jɔːl̥]

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

Noun

ریال • (riyâl)

  1. rial (the official currency of Iran)

See also
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