dirham

dir·ham

D5251400 (dîr′həm)n.1. See Table at currency.2. A unit of currency equal to one one-thousandth of the dinar in Libya and Sudan.

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[Arabic, from Greek drakhmē, drachma; see drachma.]

dirham

(ˈdɪəræm) n1. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of Morocco, divided into 100 centimes2. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, divided into 10 dinars and 100 fils3. (Currencies) a. a Kuwaiti monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 filsb. a Tunisian monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 millimesc. a Qatari monetary unit worth one hundredth of a riyald. a Libyan monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar4. (Currencies) any of various silver coins minted in North African countries at different periods[C18: from Arabic, from Latin: drachma]

dir•ham

(dɪrˈhæm, dɪˈræm, ˈdɪr əm)

n. 1. the basic monetary unit of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. 2. a monetary unit of Libya, equal to 1/100 of the dinar. 3. a monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 1/100 of the riyal. [1965–70; < Arabic dirham < Greek dráchma; see drachma]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in QatarQatari dirhamQatari monetary unit - monetary unit in QatarQatari riyal, riyal - the basic unit of money in Qatar
	2.	dirham - the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 filsUnited Arab Emirate dirhamUnited Arab Emirate monetary unit - monetary unit in the United Arab Emirates
	3.	dirham - the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimesMoroccan dirhamcentime - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and TogoMoroccan monetary unit - monetary unit in Morocco
	4.	dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in TunisiaTunisian dirhamTunisian monetary unit - monetary unit in TunisiaTunisian dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Tunisiamillime - 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia
	5.	dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in LibyaLibyan dirhamLibyan monetary unit - monetary unit in LibyaLibyan dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Libya
	6.	dirham - worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 filsKuwaiti dirhamfils - a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinarKuwaiti monetary unit - monetary unit in KuwaitKuwaiti dinar, dinar - the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils

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