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دُولار
dollar /duːˈlaːr/
nounA1#330 most common
Also: US dollar, dollars (as a unit of money)
Example sentences
عِنْدي دُولار واحِد.
I have one dollar.
كَمْ سِعْرُ الدُّولار اليَوْم؟
What is the price of the dollar today?
اِشْتَرَيْتُ القَميصَ بِعِشْرينَ دُولاراً.
I bought the shirt for twenty dollars.
اِرْتَفَعَ سِعْرُ الدُّولار مُقابِلَ اليورو هٰذا الأُسْبوع.
The dollar rose against the euro this week.
يُفَضِّلُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ المُسْتَثْمِرينَ الاِحْتِفاظَ بِأَموالِهِم بِالدُّولارِ خَوْفاً مِنَ التَّضَخُّم.
Many investors prefer to hold their money in dollars for fear of inflation.
رَغْمَ تَقَلُّباتِ السوقِ، ظَلَّ الدُّولارُ المَلاذَ الآمِنَ الَّذي يَلجَأُ إِلَيْهِ المُتَعامِلونَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ أَزْمَةٍ مالِيَّة.
Despite market swings, the dollar remained the safe haven that traders turn to in every financial crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دُولارٌ | دُولاراتٌ |
| Genitive | دُولارٍ | دُولاراتٍ |
| Accusative | دُولاراً | دُولاراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا دُولارُ | يا دُولاراتُ |
Word family
دُولاراتdollars
دولاريdollar-denominated
دَوْلَرةdollarization
مُدَوْلَرdollarized
Etymology
Arabic borrowed the word from English "dollar". The English word came from Low German "daler", a short form of "Joachimsthaler", a silver coin minted in Joachimsthal in Bohemia. The name passed through several European languages before reaching Arabic in the modern period.
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