adarme
nounEtymology 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.
1
Historical A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
2
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Numismatics Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
- Synonyms
- Spanish dram, dram
- Coordinate terms
- grano (1⁄36 adarme), tomin (1⁄3 adarme), escrupulo (2⁄3 adarme), ochava (2 adarmes), castellano (2+2⁄3 adarmes), onza (16 adarmes)