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adarme en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
2. Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.

Forms

Coordinates

tomin (1⁄3 adarme) (coin) · castellano (2+2⁄3 adarmes) (unit of mass) · onza (16 adarmes) (unit of mass) · escrupulo (2⁄3 adarme) (unit of mass) · castellano (2+2⁄3 adarmes) (coin) · grano (1⁄36 adarme) (unit of mass) · tomin (1⁄3 adarme) (unit of mass) · ochava (2 adarmes) (unit of mass)

Synonyms

peso · Spanish dram (unit of mass) · during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally · dram (unit of mass)