Adarme
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g. historical
- 2 Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
Etymology
From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.
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