Etymology

rial

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Today it means: The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen. Full definition →

Persian ریال ← Spanish real
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromreal
  2. Persian · borrowed fromریال
  3. English todayrial

Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) (in the case of Oman and Yemen), from Spanish real. Doublet of real, royal, and regal.

Words from the same roots

Spanishreal all →

realreaal

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