Definitions for dirham

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dirham dir·ham

Spelling: [dir-ham, dih-ram, dir-uh m]

IPA: /dɪrˈhæm, dɪˈræm, ˈdɪr əm/

Dirham is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in dirham (adhimr).

Definitions for dirham

noun

1. a money of account of Iraq, the 20th part of a dinar, equal to 50 fils.
2. a money of account of Kuwait, the 10th part of a dinar, equal to 100 fils.
3. a brass-clad steel coin and monetary unit of Libya, the 1000th part of a dinar: replaced the millieme in 1971.
4. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Morocco, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: DH.
5. a bronze or cupronickel coin of Qatar, the 100th part of a riyal.
6. a money of account of Tunisia, the 10th part of a dinar, equal to 100 millimes.
7. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, equal to 100 fils.

Origin of dirham

1965-70; Arabic dirham Greek dráchma; see drachma

Examples for dirham

dirham was only able to express his approval of Ali's words by a very audible sigh.

dirham kissed the hem of the pasha's garment and promised that he would carefully perform everything.

dirham remembered the two gentlemen just as a good dog remembers his master—they were ever in his mind.

Fate so willed it that dirham's was the first vessel that fell into the hands of the searchers.

dirham's foot was scarcely out of the house when the two brothers looked at each other and smiled.

A dirham is a coin nearly equal in value to sixpence of our money.