adarme

Meanings

Plural: adarmes

Noun

A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

dram, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally, peso, Spanish dram

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