dirham

UK: /ˈdɪəræm/ US: (dir ham′, di ram′, dir′əm)

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dir•ham  (dir ham′, di ram′, dir′əm), n. 

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

• Greek dráchma; see drachma
• Arabic dirham
• 1965–70

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dirham / ˈdɪəræm/ noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Morocco, divided into 100 centimes
2. a Kuwaiti monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 fils
3. a Tunisian monetary unit worth one tenth of a dinar and 100 millimes
4. a Qatari monetary unit worth one hundredth of a riyal
5. a Libyan monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar

Etymology: 18th Century: from Arabic, from Latin: drachma