dirham

See also: Dirham

English

Alternative forms

• Dirham, dirhem, dirhm

Etymology

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

Noun

dirham (plural dirhams)

1. (numismatics) A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
2. (historical units of measurement) Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight.

Derived terms

• Moroccan dirham

Translations

unit of currency

• Arabic: دِرْهَم m (dirham)
• Armenian: դիրհամ (dirham)
• Azerbaijani: dirhəm
• Catalan: dírham (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迪拉姆 (dílāmǔ)

• Finnish: dirhami (fi)
• French: dirham (fr) m
• Georgian: დირჰემი (dirhemi)
• German: Dirhem m, Dirham (de) m
• Hindi: दिरहम (hi) m (dirham), दिरम (hi) m (diram)
• Indonesian: dirham (id)
• Italian: dirham (it) m
• Japanese: ディルハム (diruhamu)
• Korean: 디르함 (direuham)
• Malay: dirham
• Odia: ଦରହାମ୍ (or) (darahām)
• Persian: درهم (fa) (derham)
• Portuguese: dirrã m
• Punjabi: ਦਿਰਹਾਮ m (dirhām)
• Romanian: dirham (ro) m
• Russian: дирха́м (ru) m (dirxám)
• Spanish: dírham m
• Swahili: dirhamu
• Tajik: дирҳам (dirham)
• Turkish: dirhem (tr)
• Urdu: درہم m (dirham)
• Uyghur: دەرھەم (derhem)

Anagrams

• hardim

French

Noun

dirham m (plural dirhams)

1. (numismatics) dirham

Polish

Alternative forms

• dirhem

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdir.xam/
• Rhymes: -irxam
• Syllabification: dir‧ham

Noun

dirham m inan

1. (numismatics) dirham

Declension

Declension of dirham

	singular	plural
nominative	dirham	dirhamy
genitive	dirhama	dirhamów
dative	dirhamowi	dirhamom
accusative	dirham	dirhamy
instrumental	dirhamem	dirhamami
locative	dirhamie	dirhamach
vocative	dirhamie	dirhamy

Further reading

• dirham in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dirham.

Noun

dirham m (plural dirhami)

1. (numismatics) dirham

Declension

Declension of dirham

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dirham	dirhamul		dirhami	dirhamii
genitive-dative	dirham	dirhamului		dirhami	dirhamilor
vocative	dirhamule			dirhamilor