dirham

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noun

A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

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Qatari dirhamUnited Arab Emirate dirhamMoroccan dirhamTunisian dirhamLibyan dirhamKuwaiti dirham
OriginArabic دِرْهَم ← Ancient Greek δραχμή →
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Meanings

dirham1

noundirham (plural dirhams)

plural dirhams · alternative Dirham · alternative dirhem · alternative dirhm

  1. hobbiesA unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
  2. alternativehistorical units of measurementAlternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight.

Dirham2

nounDirham (plural Dirhams)

plural Dirhams

  1. Alternative letter-case form of dirham.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar

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Qatari dirham
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Qatari monetary unit

nounthe basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 100 fils

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United Arab Emirate dirham
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United Arab Emirate monetary unit

nounthe basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes

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Moroccan dirham
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Moroccan monetary unit

noun100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia

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Tunisian dirham
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Tunisian monetary unit

noun100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya

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Libyan dirham
Broader
Libyan monetary unit

nounworth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils

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Kuwaiti dirham
Broader
Kuwaiti monetary unit
Also see
moroccan dirham

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδραχμή
  2. Arabicدِرْهَم
  3. Englishdirham

From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme.

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Translations

Arabic دِرْهَم
  • دِرْهَم (dirham)unit of currency
Bulgarian дирхам
  • дирхам (dirham)unit of currency
Catalan dírham
  • dírhamunit of currency
Chinese Mandarin 迪拉姆
  • 迪拉姆 (dílāmǔ)unit of currency
Dutch dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
Finnish dirhami
  • dirhamiunit of currency
French dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
German Dirhem, Dirham
  • Dirhemunit of currency
  • Dirhamunit of currency
Hebrew דירהם
  • דירהם (dirham)unit of currency
Hindi दिरहम, दिरम
  • दिरहम (dirham)unit of currency
  • दिरम (diram)unit of currency
Indonesian dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
Italian dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
Japanese ディルハム
  • ディルハム (diruhamu)unit of currency
Korean 디르함
  • 디르함 (direuham)unit of currency
Malay dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
Persian درهم
  • درهم (derham)unit of currency
Polish dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
Portuguese dirrã
  • dirrãunit of currency
Punjabi ਦਿਰਹਾਮ
  • ਦਿਰਹਾਮ (dirhām)unit of currency
Romanian dirham
  • dirhamunit of currency
Russian дирха́м
  • дирха́м (dirxám)unit of currency
Spanish dírham, dírhem
  • dírhamunit of currency
  • dírhemunit of currency
Swahili dirhamu
  • dirhamuunit of currency
Turkish dirhem
  • dirhemunit of currency
Urdu درہم
  • درہم (dirham)unit of currency

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

dirham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirham

MLA

“dirham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirham. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dirham,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirham.

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