dirham

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dirham¹

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From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme.

noun dirhams · Dirham · dirhem · dirhm

  1. A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
  2. alternative Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight.

Dirham²

noun Dirhams

  1. Alternative letter-case form of dirham

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noun unit of currency

Españoldírham, dírhem
한국어디르함 direuham
日本語ディルハム diruhamu
中文迪拉姆 dílāmǔ
हिन्दीदिरहम dirham, दिरम diram
Kiswahilidirhamu
Portuguêsdirrã
Françaisdirham
DeutschDirhem, Dirham
Italianodirham
Românădirham
Русскийдирха́м dirxám
العربيةدِرْهَم dirham
עבריתדירהם dirham

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@misc{dirham_2026,
  title = {dirham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dirham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}