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diram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-ram
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Tajikistani coin; 100 dirams equal one somoni.

Etymology

From Tajik дирам (diram), from Persian درم (deram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm [ZWZN]), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: дирам, درم, 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭, δραχμή

Inflected Forms

dirams (plural)

Questions

What does diram mean?
A Tajikistani coin; 100 dirams equal one somoni.
Where does diram come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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