dirham

Meanings

Plural: dirhams

Noun

100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar
the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils
the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes
100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia
100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya
worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils
A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

Kuwaiti dirham, Libyan dirham, Moroccan dirham, Qatari dirham, Tunisian dirham, United Arab Emirate dirham

Scrabble Score: 12

dirham is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dirham is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dirham is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

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