dirhem
USdur-HEM/dɚˈhɛm/UKDEER-em/ˈdɪəɹɛm/
Pluraldirhems
- 1Alternative form of dirham. Both spellings name the same coin or money.
He paid three dirhems for the loaf of bread.
Each silver dirhem was stamped with the ruler's name.
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- 2A small old unit of weight once used in Turkey, equal to just a few grams.
Like an ounce, but a much smaller unit used long ago to weigh things.
The merchant weighed the spice at just under one dirhem.
Gold was sold by the dirhem in the old market.
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Origin
It came from Turkish dirhem, which goes back through Persian and Arabic to the Ancient Greek word drakhmḗ.