adarme

noun

Etymology

From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.

  1. derived from δραχμή
  2. derived from 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭
  3. derived from دِرْهَم
  4. derived from درهم
  5. borrowed from adarme

Definitions

  1. A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.

  2. Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an…

    Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.

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