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Meaning of "dirham" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIRHAM

From Arabic, from Latin: drachma.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRHAM

dirham  [ˈdɪəræm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRHAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dirham is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRHAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dirham

Dirham

Dirham or dirhem or "Dirhm" is a unit of currency in several Arab states, and formerly, the related unit of mass in the Ottoman Empire and Persian states. The name derives from the Greek currency drachma or didrachm.

Definition of dirham in the English dictionary

The first definition of dirham in the dictionary is the standard monetary unit of Morocco, divided into 100 centimes. Other definition of dirham is the standard monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, divided into 10 dinars and 100 fils. Dirham is also a Kuwaiti monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 fils.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRHAM


Aram
ˈɛəræm
cram
kræm
diagram
ˈdaɪəˌɡræm
diaphragm
ˈdaɪəˌfræm
dram
dræm
foram
ˈɔːræm
gram
ɡræm
histogram
ˈhɪstəˌɡræm
hologram
ˈhɒləˌɡræm
kilogram
ˈkɪləʊˌɡræm
monogram
ˈmɒnəˌɡræm
pentagram
ˈpɛntəˌɡræm
pram
præm
program
ˈprəʊɡræm
programme
ˈprəʊɡræm
pyroceram
ˌpaɪrəʊˈsɪəræm
ram
ræm
Seram
sɪˈræm
telegram
ˈtɛlɪˌɡræm
tram
træm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRHAM

direful
direfully
direfulness
direly
dirempt
diremption
direness
dirge
dirgeful
dirgelike
Dirichlet
dirige
dirigent
dirigibility
dirigible
dirigisme
dirigiste
diriment
dirk
dirl

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRHAM

Abraham
Beckham
Birmingham
Buckingham
cham
Chatham
Cheltenham
Co Durham
Cunningham
Durham
Fulham
Gotham
graham
ham
Markham
Nottingham
Rotherham
sham
Upham
Wyndham

Synonyms and antonyms of dirham in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dirham» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRHAM

Find out the translation of dirham to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dirham from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dirham» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迪拉姆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dirham
570 millions of speakers

English

dirham
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिर्हाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

درهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дирхам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dirham
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিরহাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dirham
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dirham
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dirham
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ディルハム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

디르함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dirham
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Điaham
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திர்ஹம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिरहॅम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dirhem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dirham
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dirham
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дирхам
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dirham
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντιρχάμ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dirham
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dirham
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dirham
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dirham

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRHAM»

The term «dirham» is very widely used and occupies the 15.238 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRHAM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dirham» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dirham» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dirham

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRHAM»

Discover the use of dirham in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dirham and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Small Dispensatory
... and fear — and it is (also) called 'the golden household''4 (remedy)' Take musk two dirham; unpierced pearls ten dirham; triturated gold and silver f1lings half a dirham of each; burnt and unburnt silk four dirham; saffron ten dirham; zerumbet ...
Sābūr Ibn Sahl, Oliver Kahl, 2003
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Sābūr Ibn Sahl's Dispensatory in the Recension of the ʻAḍudī ...
Chapter One on the Preparation of Pastilles [1] The prescription of the tabasheer pastille with alhagi which is useful against thirst, acute fevers, and cramp Tabasheer four dirham; starch one dirham; alhagi five dirham; serpent melon seeds and ...
Sābūr Ibn Sahl, 2009
3
Aqrābād̲īn:
(120) The Persian Filniy90 for (the treatment of) bleeding and a lax constitution; it (also) protects the unborn White pepper and henbane seeds twenty dirham of each; opium and sealing bole ten dirham of each; saron ve dirham; spurge, Indian ...
Hibaẗ Allâh ibn Ṣāʻid Ibn al-Tilmīd̲, Oliver Kahl, 2007
4
Collecting World Coins: Circulating Issues 1901 - Present
KM# 32 DIRHAM Copper-Nickel, 24 mm. Subject: Bank of Dubai 35th Anniversary Obv: Value Rev: Towered bank building divides dates Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU ND(1998) 500,000 — — — 3.50 — KM#35 DIRHAM Copper- Nickel, ...
Thomas Michael, Colin R. Bruce, II, George Cuhaj, 2008
5
The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and ...
152—3 (teacher: 40 dirham, librarian: 50 dirham, professor: 300 dirham); endowment deed, officer Sudfin min Zada, 804/ 1401, 11. 255—300 (teacher: 60 dirham, librarian: 25 dirham, professor: 250 dirham); endowment deed, Sultan al- Ashraf ...
Konrad Hirschler, 2012
6
Real Exchange Rate Behavior and Economic Growth - Evidence ...
Significant restrictions, however, remained on banks' dealings in foreign exchange. The dinar was formally pegged to the USD on October 23, 1995. C. Exchange Rate Policy: Morocco The Moroccan dirham experienced significant instability ...
Ghiath Shabsigh, Ilker Domaç, 1999
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The Muqaddimah : an introduction to history ; in three volumes:
At the beginning of Islam, the weight of the dirham had been six ddnaqs. The weight of the mithqdl was one dirham and three-sevenths of a dirham, so that ten dirhams made seven mithqdls. The reason for this was that the weight of the dirham ...
Ibn Khaldūn, Franz Rosenthal, 1958
8
Currency Union and Exchange Rate Issues: Lessons for the ...
Any adjustment in the dirham/dollar rate to reflect a faster rate of inflation in the UAE would call for a depreciation of the dirham rather than an appreciation to reflect the large external surplus and inflationary pressures emanating from the ...
Ronald MacDonald, Abdulrazak Al Faris, 2010
9
International Financial Management, Abridged Edition
Assume the spot rate of the Canadian dollar in 1 month is $.73. Was the hedge effective? 47. Hedging with Straddles (See the chapter appendix.) Brooks, Inc., imports wood from Morocco. The Moroccan exporter invoices in Moroccan dirham.
Jeff Madura, 2012
10
International Financial Management
The Moroccan exporter invoices in Moroccan dirham. The current exchange rate of the dirham is $.10. Brooks just purchased wood for 2 million dirham and should pay for the wood in three months. It is also possible that Brooks will receive 4 ...
Jeff Madura, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRHAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dirham is used in the context of the following news items.
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WCT unit wins RM1.2bil award in Dubai - Business News | The Star …
It said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia the amount of about RM1.19bil or 1.15 billion UAE dirham accounted for claims for work done, repayment ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
2
Arabtec shares drop in Dubai after three top executives resi..
... tower in Dubai, reported a first-quarter loss of 279.8mn dirhams ($76mn) compared with a 137.9mn-dirham profit in the same period last year, ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
3
Where Crowdfunding Met Its Match | Fast Forward | OZY
Smala & Co, in Morocco, now accepts dirham checks, and the proportion of European to Moroccan donations has shifted from 80:20 percent to ... «OZY, Jul 15»
4
Iftar review: Anise, InterContinental Dubai Festival City | GulfNews.com
All in all, iftar at Anise is totally worth your dirham. For suhour, the Skyline Ramadan tent in the adjacent Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City is a ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
5
Phoenix Cars, a part of UAE based Al Yousuf Motors, has supplied …
Established in 1953, the Al Yousuf Group has since grown into a multi-million dirham conglomerate. The Group interests from motor vehicles ... «Zawya, Jul 15»
6
Site visit: Dubai Wharf project - MEConstructionNews.com
... new residential tower at Dubai Wharf, a multi-million dirham mixed-use project in the heart of its much anticipated destination at Dubai Creek. «MEConstructionNews.com, Jul 15»
7
Latest gold and currency rates in UAE today: Gold struggles …
... Indian rupee, Pakistani rupee, Philippine peso, Sri Lankan rupee, sterling pound, euro and may more against the UAE dirham (US dollar). «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»
8
Banks begun collecting fees with e-dirham card
The E-dirham team are working on currently activating this service in five banks operating within the country, following its activation across all ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
9
Latest gold and currency rates in UAE today: Gold flatlines
... Indian rupee, Pakistani rupee, Philippine peso, Sri Lankan rupee, sterling pound, euro and may more against the UAE dirham (US dollar). «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»
10
Questions raised over Dubai property supply amid gloomy price …
Mr Plumb further said that the increase in value of the US dollar, to which the UAE dirham is pegged, has made property more expensive to ... «The National, Jul 15»

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