dirhem

[ dir-hem, dih-rem, dir-uhm ]

noun

1. any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dirhem¹

First recorded in 1780–90; variant of dirham

Example Sentences

Was there but one dirhem in the world, thou wouldst obtain it by this means.

From Project Gutenberg

But I replied, I conjure thee by Allah that thou495 explain to me the meaning of the knife and the iron dirhem.

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The military budget has neither increased a para, nor decreased a dirhem.

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Dirhem, dir′hem, n. an oriental weight and silver coin, originally two-thirds of an Attic drachma.

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