dirham

[ dir-ham, dih-ram, dir-uhm ]

noun
  1. a money of account of Iraq, one 20th of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.

  2. a money of account of Kuwait, one 10th of a dinar, equal to 100 fils.

  1. a brass-clad steel coin and monetary unit of Libya, one 100th of a dinar: replaced the millieme in 1971.

  2. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Morocco, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: DH.

  3. a bronze or cupronickel coin of Qatar, one 100th of a riyal.

  4. a money of account of Tunisia, one 10th of a dinar, equal to 100 millimes.

  5. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, equal to 100 fils.

Origin of dirham

1
First recorded in 1965–70; from Arabic dirham, from Greek dráchma; see drachma

Words Nearby dirham

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How to use dirham in a sentence

  • Fate so willed it that dirham's was the first vessel that fell into the hands of the searchers.

  • dirham was only able to express his approval of Ali's words by a very audible sigh.

  • A dirham is a coin nearly equal in value to sixpence of our money.

  • dirham remembered the two gentlemen just as a good dog remembers his master—they were ever in his mind.

  • dirham's foot was scarcely out of the house when the two brothers looked at each other and smiled.

British Dictionary definitions for dirham

dirham

/ (ˈdɪəræm) /


noun
  1. the standard monetary unit of Morocco, divided into 100 centimes

  2. the standard monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, divided into 10 dinars and 100 fils

    • a Kuwaiti monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 fils

    • a Tunisian monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 millimes

    • a Qatari monetary unit worth one hundredth of a riyal

    • a Libyan monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar

  1. any of various silver coins minted in North African countries at different periods

Origin of dirham

1
C18: from Arabic, from Latin: drachma

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