درهم
Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
دِرْهَم • (dirham) m (plural دَرَاهِم (darāhim))
Declension
| 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
Descendants
- → Armenian: դիրհամ (dirham)
- → Bengali: দিরহাম (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)
- → Punjabi: ਦਿਰਹਾਮ (dirhām)
- → Russian: дирха́м (dirxám)
- → Spanish: dírham
- → Swahili: dirhamu
- → Tajik: дирҳам (dirham)
- → Uyghur: دەرھەم (derhem)
- → Wolof: dërëm
Via Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham):
- → Spanish: adarme
Via a Wanderwort from the plural دَرَاهِم (darāhim):
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “درهم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen