درهم

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dir.ham/
  • IPA^(key): /dar.ham/

Noun

دِرْهَم • (dirham) m (plural دَرَاهِم (darāhim))

1. dirham

Declension

Declension of noun دِرْهَم (dirham)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِرْهَم dirham	الدِّرْهَم ad-dirham	دِرْهَم dirham
Nominative	دِرْهَمٌ dirhamun	الدِّرْهَمُ ad-dirhamu	دِرْهَمُ dirhamu
Accusative	دِرْهَمًا dirhaman	الدِّرْهَمَ ad-dirhama	دِرْهَمَ dirhama
Genitive	دِرْهَمٍ dirhamin	الدِّرْهَمِ ad-dirhami	دِرْهَمِ dirhami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِرْهَمَيْن dirhamayn	الدِّرْهَمَيْن ad-dirhamayn	دِرْهَمَيْ dirhamay
Nominative	دِرْهَمَانِ dirhamāni	الدِّرْهَمَانِ ad-dirhamāni	دِرْهَمَا dirhamā
Accusative	دِرْهَمَيْنِ dirhamayni	الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ ad-dirhamayni	دِرْهَمَيْ dirhamay
Genitive	دِرْهَمَيْنِ dirhamayni	الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ ad-dirhamayni	دِرْهَمَيْ dirhamay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَاهِم darāhim	الدَّرَاهِم ad-darāhim	دَرَاهِم darāhim
Nominative	دَرَاهِمُ darāhimu	الدَّرَاهِمُ ad-darāhimu	دَرَاهِمُ darāhimu
Accusative	دَرَاهِمَ darāhima	الدَّرَاهِمَ ad-darāhima	دَرَاهِمَ darāhima
Genitive	دَرَاهِمَ darāhima	الدَّرَاهِمِ ad-darāhimi	دَرَاهِمِ darāhimi

Descendants

• → Armenian: դիրհամ (dirham)
• → Catalan: dírham
• → Crimean Tatar: dirhem
• → English: dirham
• → Finnish: dirhami
• → German: Dirham
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दिरहम (dirham)

  Urdu: درہم (dirham)

• → Italian: dirham
• → Japanese: ディルハム (diruhamu)
• → Korean: 디르함 (direuham)
• → Malay: dirham
• → Persian: درهم (derham)
  • Hindustani:
    • → Hindi: दिरम (diram)
    • → Urdu: درم (diram)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: درهم (dirhem)
    • → Greek: δράμι (drámi)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: dirhem / дирхем
    • Turkish: dirhem
      • → English: dirhem
• → Russian: дирха́м (dirxám)
• → Spanish: dírham
• → Swahili: dirhamu
• → Tajik: дирҳам (dirham)
• → Uyghur: دەرھەم (derhem)
• → Wolof: dërëm

Via Andalusian Arabic:

• → Spanish: adarme

Via a Wanderwort from the plural دَرَاهِم (darāhim):

• → Chichewa: ndalama (“money”)
• → Shona: ndarama (“precious metal”)
• → Tsonga: ndzalama (“gem”)
• → Tswana: talama (“button”)
• → Tumbuka: ndalama (“money”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “درهم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen