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Yemeni rial

Yemeni rial

6.5
The money used in Yemen
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : rial yemení
  • The exchange rate for the Yemeni rial fluctuated sharply after the economic crisis.

Examples

  • The price of bread is 200 Yemeni rials.

  • She paid 100 Yemeni rials for the bus ticket.

  • He paid 500 Yemeni rials for the souvenirs at the market.

  • Tourists found it difficult to convert dollars directly to the Yemeni rial.

  • He paid 500 Yemeni rials for the souvenirs at the market.

  • The exchange rate for the Yemeni rial fluctuated sharply after the economic crisis.

  • Tourists found it difficult to convert dollars directly to the Yemeni rial.

Synonyms

rial
vsYemeni rial
4 8.3

A type of money used in some countries in the Middle East like Iran and Oman

is the specific national unit for one country equal to 100 fils

Surface Forms

Yemeni rial singular
Yemeni rials plural

Morphology

Yemeni + rial

The phrase combines 'Yemeni' (pertaining to Yemen) with 'rial' (a currency unit), so a learner who knows both words can immediately infer it denotes the currency of Yemen. Country + currency-unit compounds are cross-linguistically common and follow a transparent compositional pattern familiar to B1 learners.

Etymology

Yemeni rial comes from an old Spanish coin called 'real', a word that meant 'royal' and often showed a king on the coin. Over time that name became rial in many places, so today Yemeni rial simply means 'the money used in Yemen'.