"dirham" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dirhams [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|دِرْهَم}} Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), {{der|en|grc|δραχμή}} Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ), {{doublet|en|dram|drachma|diram|dirhem|adarme}} Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme Head templates: {{en-noun}} dirham (plural dirhams)
  1. A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. Categories (topical): Currencies, Units of measure Categories (place): Morocco, United Arab Emirates Translations (unit of currency): دِرْهَم (dirham) [masculine] (Arabic), դիրհամ (dirham) (Armenian), dirhəm (Azerbaijani), dírham [masculine] (Catalan), 迪拉姆 (dílāmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), dirhami (Finnish), dirham [masculine] (French), დირჰემი (dirhemi) (Georgian), Dirhem [masculine] (German), Dirham [masculine] (German), दिरहम (dirham) [masculine] (Hindi), दिरम (diram) [masculine] (Hindi), dirham (Indonesian), dirham [masculine] (Italian), ディルハム (diruhamu) (Japanese), 디르함 (direuham) (Korean), dirham (Malay), ଦରହାମ୍ (dôrôham) (Odia), درهم (derham) (Persian), dirrã [masculine] (Portuguese), ਦਿਰਹਾਮ (dirhām) [masculine] (Punjabi), dirham [masculine] (Romanian), дирха́м (dirxám) [masculine] (Russian), dírham [masculine] (Spanish), dirhamu (Swahili), дирҳам (dirham) (Tajik), dirhem (Turkish), درہم (dirham) [masculine] (Urdu), دەرھەم (derhem) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-dirham-en-noun-djvFj3TS Disambiguation of Currencies: 96 4 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 75 25 Disambiguation of Morocco: 95 5 Disambiguation of United Arab Emirates: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'unit of currency': 92 8
  2. (historical units of measurement) Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dirhem (extra: a former Turkish unit of weight)
    Sense id: en-dirham-en-noun-EbyfqJL2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Dirham, dirhem, dirhm Derived forms: Moroccan dirham

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