Meanings
nounriyal (plural riyals)
plural riyals
- The official currency of Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas.
One sheikh representing ten tribes attempted to set dowry limits in his region when they reached 160,000 Saudi riyals ($42,000).
1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 451
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia
Similar
Saudi Arabian riyal
Broader
Saudi Arabian monetary unit
nounthe basic unit of money in Qatar
Similar
Qatari riyal
Broader
Qatari monetary unit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic رِيَال
- رِيَال (riyāl)currency
Chinese Mandarin 里亞爾 /里亚尔
- 里亞爾 /里亚尔 (lǐyà'ěr)currency
Dutch rial
- rialcurrency
Finnish rial
- rialcurrency
Greek ριάλ
- ριάλ (riál)currency
Hindi रियाल
- रियाल (riyāl)currency
Japanese リヤル
- リヤル (riyaru)currency
Korean 리얄
- 리얄 (riyal)currency
Malay riyal
- riyalcurrency
Māori riwa
- riwacurrency
Norwegian Bokmål rijal
- rijalcurrency
Persian ریال
- ریال (riyâl)currency
Russian рия́л, риа́л
- рия́л (rijál)currency
- риа́л (riál)currency
Swahili riali
- rialicurrency
Turkish riyal
- riyalcurrency
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
riyal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riyal
MLA
“riyal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riyal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riyal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riyal.
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