dirham
USder-HAM/dɚˈhæm/UKDEER-am/ˈdɪəɹæm/
Pluraldirhams
- 1The money used in some Arab countries, such as Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
It is like the dollar in the United States: the money people use every day to buy things.
The bus ticket from the old town costs one dirham.
Street food in Casablanca often costs only a few dirhams.
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- 2Alternative form of dirhem. It names an old unit once used in Turkey for weighing small things.
The spice seller measured out a dirham of saffron on his small brass scale.
The jeweler said the ring weighed just under one dirham.
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Origin
From the Arabic word "dirham", which came from the Ancient Greek word "drakhmḗ".