dirhem
[ dir-hem, dih-rem, dir-uhm ]
noun
any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.
Origin of dirhem
1First recorded in 1780–90; variant of dirham
Words Nearby dirhem
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How to use dirhem in a sentence
Was there but one dirhem in the world, thou wouldst obtain it by this means.
A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. LucasBut I replied, I conjure thee by Allah that thou495 explain to me the meaning of the knife and the iron dirhem.
The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. | AnonymousThe military budget has neither increased a para, nor decreased a dirhem.
Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt | Wilfrid Scawen Bluntdirhem, dir′hem, n. an oriental weight and silver coin, originally two-thirds of an Attic drachma.
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