دِينَار

diynaArN dynAr , an arabicized word, (M, K,) from the Persian [ diynaAro ], (M,) or from diyno A=ro , meaning “ the law brought it ” [into being or circulation]: (Er-Rághib:) some say, (TA,) its original is din~aArN ; one of its n being changed into Y (S, Msb, K,) to render it more easy to be pronounced, (Msb,) or that it may not be confounded with inf. ns., such as ki*~aAbN ; (S, K;) and hence its pl. is danaAniyru , (M, Msb,) and its dim. ↓ dunayoniyrN : (M:) this is the opinion generally obtaining: others say that it is of the measure fiyEaAlN ; but this opinion is contradicted by the absence of the Y in [the second syllable of] the pl.; for were it so, its pl. would be like dayaAmiysu , pl. of diymaAsN : (Msb:) [it is the name of A certain gold coin; ] its weight is seventy-one barley-corns and a half, nearly, reckoning the daAniq as eight grains of wheat and two fifths; but if it be said that the dAnq is eight grains of wheat, then the dynAr is sixty-eight grains of wheat and four sevenths: it is the same as the mavoqaAl . (Msb.)