Quranic root

دنر

d · n · r

The lexical nucleus is the dīnār, a gold coin, with secondary imagery based on its gleam and coin-like appearance.

The evidence extends from the coin noun to shining or coin-like markings, while the reported etymologies of دِينَار are disputed rather than settled.

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

dīnār

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Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 5 Classical meanings

دَنَّرَ
To glisten or shine like a dīnār.
A figurative use, especially of a face, by comparison with the gleam of a coin.
- Lane · entry 1363
مُدَنَّرٌ
Having many dīnārs.
A personal description of possession of numerous coins.
- Lane · entry 1363
- Lane · entry 1368
مُدَنَّرٌ
Coined; applied to a dīnār or to gold.
Describes coin or gold as having been formed or issued as currency.
- Lane · entry 1368
مُدَنَّرٌ
Marked with round spots or figures resembling dīnārs.
Applied to a horse with coin-like spotting and to a garment or cloth bearing such marks. Descriptions of the horse's precise color balance vary; the stable comparison is to rounded coin-like markings.
- Lane · entry 1368
شَرَابٌ دِينَارِيٌّ
A kind of wine or beverage called dīnārī.
The name is explained either by association with Ibn-Dīnār al-Ḥakīm or by the beverage's redness, compared with a dīnār.
- Lane · entry 1367

Points that affect how this root should be read.

The lexical discussion reports several competing etymologies for دِينَار; no single derivation is treated as definitive.