# dirham

Pronunciation: US say "der-HAM" /dɚˈhæm/; UK say "DEER-am" /ˈdɪəɹæm/

## Noun

1. The currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, and the name of monetary units used elsewhere in the Arab world.
   - Simple: The money used in some Arab countries, such as Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
   - _Hotel rates in Marrakesh are usually listed in dirhams rather than euros._
   - _The dirham held steady against the dollar through most of the year._
2. Alternative form of dirhem. — Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight.
   - Simple: Alternative form of dirhem. It names an old unit once used in Turkey for weighing small things.
   - _The old Ottoman recipe calls for a dirham of ground mastic dissolved in rose water._
   - _Apothecaries in Istanbul once sold rare medicines by the dirham._

## Origin

Borrowed from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), which ultimately goes back to Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). It is a doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme.

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