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Definitions: Dirham |
DirhamNoun1. 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal. 2. The basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils. 3. The basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes. 4. 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar. 5. Worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dirham" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
Synonyms: DirhamSynonyms: Kuwaiti dirham (n), Libyan dirham (n), Moroccan dirham (n), Qatari dirham (n), Tunisian dirham (n), United Arab Emirate dirham (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dirham |
| English words defined with "dirham": Kuwaiti dirham ♦ Libyan dirham ♦ Moroccan dirham ♦ Qatari dirham ♦ Tunisian dirham ♦ United Arab Emirate dirham. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dirham": UAE dirham. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dirham" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (dirham). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Morocco | The trade deficit widened in 2000 to 43.3 billion Dirham. (references) |
Morocco | Many economists feel the Dirham remains overvalued against European currencies. (references) | |
Morocco | Many international and domestic observers believe that the dirham is overvalued. (references) | |
Political Economy | MOROCCO | The basket gives a strong weight to the euro, resulting in higher volatility of the dollar against the dirham. (references) |
MOROCCO | This April 25, 2001, adjustment gave greater weight to the euro, and resulted in an effective devaluation of the dirham by 5.18 percent. (references) | |
MOROCCO | While this adjustment signaled a commitment to a more flexible exchange rate policy, many international and domestic observers continue to believe that the dirham is overvalued. (references) | |
Trade | Morocco | The value of the dirham is tied to a basket of hard currencies weighted according to Morocco's foreign trade. (references) |
Morocco | Morocco maintains a system of foreign exchange controls managed by the Office de Changes, but the rules on transfers have been progressively liberalized to the point where the dirham is freely convertible according to the IMF definition for current account transactions. (references) | |
Uae | Since the UAE dirham is tied to the dollar, interest rates in the UAE tend to parallel those in the US. The authorities believe that the exchange rate of 3.671 dirhams to the dollar, unchanged since 1980, promotes stability and confidence in the currency and mitigates against capital flight. (references) | |
Travel | Morocco | Currency: The Moroccan currency unit is the Dirham, abbreviated as DH. There are 100 centimes to each dirham. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dirham" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dirham" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dirham": Kuwaiti dirham ♦ libyan dirham ♦ Moroccan dirham ♦ Qatari dirham ♦ tunisian dirham ♦ UAE dirham ♦ United Arab Emirate dirham. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dirham | 23 |
dirham home | 5 |
dirham express | 4 |
dirham exchange rate | 2 |
chat dirham | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dirham"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الدرهم (drachm, dram), درهم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dirham (UAE dirham), marokkansk dirham (Moroccan dirham), MAD (food), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | VAE-dirham (UAE dirham), Marokkaanse dirham (Moroccan dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Marokon dirhami (Moroccan dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham), Arabiemiirikuntien dirhami (UAE dirham), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dirham. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dirham (UAE dirham), marokkanischer Dirham (Moroccan dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham), AED (Medical Service of the Federal Administration, UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | MAD (Moroccan dirham), ντιρχάμ Μαρόκου (Moroccan dirham), ντιρχάμ ΗΑΕ (UAE dirham), AED (Algol Extended for Design, UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dirham marocchino (Moroccan dirham), dirham degli EAU (UAE dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham, mutual assured destruction), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irhamday dirham marroquino (Moroccan dirham), dirham dos Emiratos Árabes Unidos (UAE dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) dirham marroquí (Moroccan dirham), dirham (UAE dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) UAE dirham (UAE dirham), marockansk dirham (Moroccan dirham), MAD (Moroccan dirham), AED (UAE dirham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dirham": dirhams. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-m-r" | |
-1 letter: ihram. | |
-2 letters: amid, amir, arid, dram, hair, hard, harm, maid, mair, raid, rami. | |
-3 letters: aid, aim, air, ami, arm, dah, dam, dim, had, ham, hid, him, mad, mar, mid, mir, rad, rah, ram, ria, rid, rim. | |
-4 letters: ad, ah, ai, am, ar, ha, hi, hm, id, ma, mi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-m-r" | |
+1 letter: dharmic, dirhams, hadarim, midrash. | |
+2 letters: chadarim, chedarim, drachmai, misheard, rhodamin, semihard. | |
+3 letters: chromatid, diaphragm, diathermy, dichromat, dithyramb, hardiment, hybridoma, midrashic, midrashim, midrashot, rhodamine, rhodamins. | |
+4 letters: admonisher, chairmaned, chromatids, diaphragms, diathermic, dichromate, dichromats, disharmony, dithyrambs, hardiments, harmonised, harmonized, hemihedral, hybridomas, hypermedia, maidenhair, midrashoth, mischarged, misphrased, mithridate, rheumatoid, rhodamines, rhomboidal, timberhead. | |
+5 letters: admonishers, antheridium, bichromated, chairmanned, chambermaid, comradeship, demographic, diathermies, dichromates, dichromatic, dithyrambic, dysrhythmia, hemihydrate, hypermedias, maidenhairs, merchandise, merchandize, mithridates, rehumanized, scrimshawed, thermalized, timberheads, trichomonad. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 72 68 61 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. .-. .... .- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110010 01101000 01100001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i r h a m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0072 0068 0061 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387584746779 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arabo, árabe, arabisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | اللغة السويدية, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
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