adarme

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.

adarme (plural adarmes)

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

• (unit of mass): Spanish dram, dram (Spanish contexts)

• (unit of mass): grano (1/36 adarme), tomin (⅓ adarme), escrupulo (⅔ adarme), ochava (2 adarmes), castellano (2⅔ adarmes), onza (16 adarmes)
• (coin): tomin (⅓ adarme), castellano (2⅔ adarmes)

From Andalusian Arabic الدرهم‎ (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم‎ (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭‎ (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dracma and dírham.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdaɾme/ [aˈð̞aɾ.me]
• Rhymes: -aɾme
• Syllabification: a‧dar‧me

adarme m (plural adarmes)

1. (historical) adarme, Spanish dram, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 1.8 g
2. (historical) adarme, peso, a former Spanish coin and unit of currency notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold
3. (figurative) bit, ounce, any insignificantly small weight or amount of anything

• (unit of mass): grano (1/36 adarme), tomín (⅓ adarme), escrúpulo (⅔ adarme), ochava (2 adarmes), castellano (2⅔ adarmes), onza (16 adarmes)
• (coin): tomín (⅓ adarme), castellano (2⅔ adarmes)

• “adarme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014