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See also: ريال and

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ریال (riyal)

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

Descendants

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References

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  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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ریال (riyāl / riyâl) (Tajik spelling риёл)

  1. rial (the official currency of Iran)

See also

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