adarme
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]adarme (plural adarmes)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
- (numismatics) Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
Synonyms
[edit]- (unit of mass): Spanish dram, dram (Spanish contexts)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (unit of mass): grano (1⁄36 adarme), tomin (1⁄3 adarme), escrupulo (2⁄3 adarme), ochava (2 adarmes), castellano (2 2⁄3 adarmes), onza (16 adarmes)
- (coin): tomin (1⁄3 adarme), castellano (2 2⁄3 adarmes)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dracma and dírham.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adarme m (plural adarmes)
- (historical) adarme, Spanish dram (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 1.8 g)
- (numismatics) adarme, peso (a former Spanish coin and unit of currency notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold)
- (figurative) bit, ounce (any insignificantly small weight or amount of anything)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (unit of mass): grano (1⁄36 adarme), tomín (1⁄3 adarme), escrúpulo (2⁄3 adarme), ochava (2 adarmes), castellano (2 2⁄3 adarmes), onza (16 adarmes)
- (coin): tomín (1⁄3 adarme), castellano (2 2⁄3 adarmes)
Further reading
[edit]- “adarme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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