dirham

ˈdɪrəm

Definition

Definition of dirham - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

finance

Rare

unit of currency in Morocco and United Arab Emirates

Rare

He exchanged dollars for dirhams before his trip to Dubai..

currency

money

Qatar

Rare

monetary unit in Qatar worth one hundredth of a riyal

Rare

The cost is five Qatari dirhams.

coin

currency

money

currency

Dated

various silver coins from North Africa

Dated

Collectors seek ancient dirhams from North Africa.

coin

currency

money

measurement

Dated

former Turkish unit of weight

Dated

Merchants used the dirham for trading goods.

weight

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Images of dirham

various silver coins from North Africa

Expressions with dirham

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Moroccan dirham

currency used in Morocco

I exchanged my dollars for Moroccan dirhams.

Origin of dirham

Arabic, dirham (currency) + -

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fils

coin unit

subdivision of dinar or dirham used in several Arab countries

santim

Moroccan currency

subunit of Moroccan currency, 100 santims equal a dirham

Examples of dirham in a sentence

She paid 50 dirhams for the souvenir.
I paid ten dirhams for the souvenir.
The taxi fare was twenty dirhams.
He traded spices for dirhams at the market.
The museum displayed dirhams from the medieval period.
The dirham was once a standard in Turkish markets.

Historians found records of the dirham in ancient texts.

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French:dirham, dirham qatari, ...
German:Dirham, Dirhams, ...
Italian:dirham, dirham qatariota, ...
Spanish:dírham, dirham, ...
Portuguese:dirham, dírham, ...
Chinese:迪拉姆, 卡塔尔迪拉姆, ...
Japanese:ディルハム, カタールディルハム, ...
Arabic:دِرْهَم, ...
Hebrew:דִּירְהָם, מַטְבֵּעַ כֶּסֶף, ...
Russian:дирхам, серебряная монета, ...
Ukrainian:дирхам, дірхам, ...
Hindi:दिरहम, मुद्रा, ...
Bengali:দিরহাম, রৌপ্য মুদ্রা, ...
Catalan:dirham, dirham qatarià, ...
Czech:dirham, ...
Danish:dirham, ...
Dutch:dirham, Qatarese dirham, ...
Greek:ντιρχάμ, ντιρχάμ Κατάρ, ...
Hungarian:dirham, dirhem, ...
Khmer:ឌីរ៉ាហាំ, ឯកតារូបិយប័ណ្ណរបស់កាតា ស្មើមួយភាគរយនៃរីយ៉ាល់, ...
Korean:디르함, 카타르 디르함, ...
Persian:درهم, درهم قطری, ...
Polish:dirham, dirhem, ...
Portuguese (BR):dirham, moeda do Catar, ...
Romanian:dirham, dirham qatarez, ...
Swedish:dirham, silvermynt, ...
Thai:ดีแรห์ม, ดิรฮัมกาตาร์, ...
Turkish:dirhem, Katar dirhemi, ...
Vietnamese:đồng dirham, dirham Qatar, ...

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Definition of dirham - Reverso English Dictionary

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