“Dinar”, “Dinars” (currency) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Dinar” (the noun, as in the currency) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Dinar

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دينار (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Dinars” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Dinarat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دينارات

(Editor’s note: To learn more about how money functions in Tunisia see the IBL article: Understanding Tunisian Money in Tunisian Arabic.)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“That’s a one dinar coin.”

Hedha dinar.

.هذا دينار

 
“The total is 56 dinars.”

E totale setta w 5amsin dinars.

.الطوطال ستّة وخمسين دينار

 
“I need to exchange my Dinars into Dollars.”

Lezemni nbadal dinarati el dolarat.

.لازمني نبدل ديناراتي لدولارات

 
“I bought these jeans for 64 dinars.”

Chrit e jean hedha b arb3a w settin dinars.

.شريت الدجين هذا بأربعة وستّين دينار

 
“An iced americano is for 5 dinars in this coffee shop.”

Café américain glacé b 5asma alef fel 9ahwa hedhi.

.كافييه أميريكان قلاصي بخمسة آلاف في القهوة هذي