Quick answer: 500 QAR in words is خمسمائة ريال قطري, "five hundred Qatari riyals"; 7.25 QAR is سبعة ريالات قطرية وخمسة وعشرون درهماً.
How it's calculated
One Qatari riyal is 100 dirhams, so amounts have two decimals. The riyals come first, then و and the dirhams: 2.50 is ريالان قطريان وخمسون درهماً.
Both nouns are masculine, so the number takes the same form with each: عشرة ريالات وعشرة دراهم. Their plurals differ, ريالات for the riyal and the broken plural دراهم for the dirham, both used after 3 to 10. From 11 to 99 they are singular with tanween: ريالاً، درهماً.
The adjective قطري follows the riyal: ريال قطري، ريالان قطريان، ريالات قطرية، ريالاً قطرياً. The dirham, being part of the riyal, takes no adjective. The general rules are on the number to words page.
For UAE amounts, where the dirham is the main currency, use UAE dirham tafqit.
Worked examples
- 500.00 QAR (hundreds take the singular): خمسمائة ريال قطري · five hundred Qatari riyals
- 2.50 QAR (dual riyals, then dirhams): ريالان قطريان وخمسون درهماً · two Qatari riyals and fifty dirhams
- 10.10 QAR (10 with the plurals ريالات and دراهم): عشرة ريالات قطرية وعشرة دراهم · ten Qatari riyals and ten dirhams
- 7.25 QAR (3–10 riyals, 21–99 dirhams): سبعة ريالات قطرية وخمسة وعشرون درهماً · seven Qatari riyals and twenty-five dirhams
- 3,500.00 QAR (cheque style): فقط ثلاثة آلاف وخمسمائة ريال قطري لا غير · Three thousand five hundred Qatari riyals only
Riyal and dirham forms
Both nouns are masculine, so the number words are the same; the plurals differ.
| Number | Riyal | Dirham |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ريال قطري واحد | درهم واحد |
| 2 | ريالان قطريان | درهمان |
| 3–10 | ثلاثة ريالات قطرية | ثلاثة دراهم |
| 11–99 | خمسة وعشرون ريالاً قطرياً | خمسة وعشرون درهماً |
| 100+ | مائة ريال قطري | — |
Frequently asked questions
What is the Qatari riyal divided into?
100 dirhams. So 0.75 QAR is seventy-five dirhams, written خمسة وسبعون درهماً.
Is the Qatari dirham the same as the UAE dirham?
No. In Qatar the dirham is a hundredth of the riyal; in the UAE the dirham is the currency itself and is divided into fils.
How do I write 2 riyals?
ريالان قطريان. The dual replaces the number: ريالان اثنان is not used.
Who issues the Qatari riyal?
Qatar Central Bank.
Why does the riyal take ريالات but the dirham دراهم?
They are simply different plural patterns: ريال has a regular feminine plural, درهم a broken plural. Both are used only after 3 to 10.
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