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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.

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɑːl/

rial (plural rials)

1. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
2. A former currency of Morocco and Tunisia
3. (historical) An old gold coin of England.

• riyal

• Lair, aril, lair, lari, liar, lira, rail

Borrowed from Arabic رِيَال (riyāl), from Spanish real. Doublet of reial.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

rial m (plural rials)

1. rial; riyal (currency)

• “rial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From Persian ریال (riyâl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɑl/,
• Rhymes: -iɑl
• Hyphenation^(key): ri‧al

rial

1. rial

• “rial”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Lari

rial m (plural riaux)

1. rial

From Persian ریال (riyâl). Doublet of riyal and royal.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrial/
• Syllabification: ri‧al

rial

1. rial (the official currencies of Iran and Yemen)

• “rial” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese rial,^[1] from Persian ریال (riyâl).

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  • Rhymes: -al
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• Hyphenation: ri‧al

rial (Jawi spelling ريال)

1. rial (a currency in the Middle East)
   • 1837, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, The customs of the Malay kings especially concerning child birth‎, section 41:

     "دلافن دان انم بلس اورڠ سهيا دلافن دان انم بلس اورڠ سهيا دلافن لاکي٢دلافن فرمفوان کمودين فول سريبوريل"
     “delapan dan enam belas orang sahaya delapan dan enam belas orang sahaya delapan laki-laki delapan perempuan kemudian pula seribu rial"

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2. (Kelantan-Pattani) ringgit (Malaysian unit of currency)

   Synonym: ringgit

3. money

   Synonyms: duit, wang

4. a unit of measurement of weight equalling roughly 20 grams

• Indonesian: rial

• “rial” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

rial

1. Alternative form of ryal

rial m (definite singular rialen, indefinite plural rialar, definite plural rialane)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of rijal

• Homophones: Rial, real (Portugal), Real (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ri‧al

rial m (plural riais)

1. rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)

rial m or f (plural riais)

1. Archaic spelling of real. (as in royal, regal)

Borrowed from French rial.

rial m (plural riali)

1. rial

Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) and Arabic رِيَال (riyāl), from Spanish real.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrjal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: rial

rial m (plural riales)

1. rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)

• “rial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10