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adarme

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From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic درهم (dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.

noun adarmes

historical A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
Similar: Spanish dram, dram
Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
Similar: peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally

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@misc{adarme_2026,
  title = {adarme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adarme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}