dirhem
See also: Dirhem
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Turkish dirhem, from Ottoman Turkish درهم, borrowing from Persian درهم, borrowing from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), borrowing from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn), borrowing from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and adarme.
Noun
editdirhem (plural dirhems)
- (historical units of measurement) A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously reckoned as 1.5–3.5 g (0.05–0.12 oz.).
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo":
- At Aleppo, and its port Scanderoon, the cantaro contains 100 rottoli, each of which is subdivided into 12 ounces, or 720 drachms... The rottolo with which the silks from Tripoli, and other parts of Syria, are weighed, consists of 700 drachms, answering to 4⅞ avoirdupois. The rottolo used in weighing the Persian silks contains 680 drachms, or nearly 4¾ lbs. avoirdupois. The rottolo of Damascus, with which brass, camphor, benzoin, spikenard, balsam of Mecca, and other drugs are weighed, contains 600 drachms, or 41⁄5 lbs. avoirdupois. Five rottoli, or 3600 drachms, make what is called a vesno... At Saide, in Syria, (the ancient Sidon,) silk and sattin yarn are weighed with the rottolo of Damascus, of 600 drachms; 100 such rottoli answering to about 410 lbs. avoirdupois... At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois. At Tripoli, the cantaro weight contains 100 rottoli, each of 6 ounces, or 128 termini; this cantaro answers to 168 lbs. peso sotile of Venice, or about 12 lbs. avoirdupois...
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo":
- (chiefly historical Turkish contexts) Alternative form of dirham: a former silver coin weighing one dirhem; modern currencies named for it.
Synonyms
editMeronyms
edit- (superdivisions of the unit of weight): ounce; cheki; rottol or rotl; oka; batman; kantar or quintal
Translations
editCrimean Tatar
editNoun
editdirhem
- A unit of weight: 1 dirhem = 3.12 grams (obsolete).
- Silver coin (historical).
Declension
editnominative | dirhem |
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genitive | dirhemniñ |
dative | dirhemge |
accusative | dirhemni |
locative | dirhemde |
ablative | dirhemden |
References
editFrench
editNoun
editdirhem m (plural dirhems)
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdirhem m inan
- Alternative form of dirham.
Declension
editDeclension of dirhem
Further reading
edit- dirhem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish درهم (dirhem), from Persian درهم (derham), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Compare dràhma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdìrhem m (Cyrillic spelling дѝрхем)
- (regional, historical) dirham (especially silver coin used during the Ottoman Empire)
Declension
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish درهم (dirhem), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drahma and drahoma.
Noun
editdirhem (definite accusative dirhemi, plural dirhemler)
Declension
editInflection | ||
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Nominative | dirhem | |
Definite accusative | dirhemi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | dirhem | dirhemler |
Definite accusative | dirhemi | dirhemleri |
Dative | dirheme | dirhemlere |
Locative | dirhemde | dirhemlerde |
Ablative | dirhemden | dirhemlerden |
Genitive | dirhemin | dirhemlerin |
Descendants
edit- → English: dirhem
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