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درهم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the dirham, a silver coin, and its associated concepts. It extends to describe aging and decline, particularly in the context of old age and physical deterioration.

Derived headwords

الدِّرْهَمnoun
  1. 1.
    six daniqs (a unit of weight)both

    six daniqs (a unit of weight)

  2. 2.
    Persian, Arabizedboth

    Persian, Arabized

دِرْهَامnoun
  1. 1.
    a variant pronunciation of itboth

    a variant pronunciation of it

دَرَاهِمnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'dirham'both

    plural of 'dirham'

دَرَاهِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'darāhim'both

    plural of 'darāhim'

مُدَرْهَمadjective
  1. 1.
    Agedclassical

    An old man, one who is advanced in age and showing signs of senescence.

ادْرَهَمَّverb
  1. 1.
    To decline with ageclassical

    To fall or decline due to old age and frailty.

ادْرِهْمَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Decline of old ageclassical

    The state or process of declining due to extreme old age and weakness.

Parallel reading

الدرهم فارسي معرب
The dirham is a Persian loanword.
وكسر الهاء لغة
And pronouncing it with a kasra on the ha is a dialectal variation.
وربما قالوا درهام
And sometimes they say dirham.
لو أن عندي مائتي درهام لجاز في آفاقها خاتامى
If I had two hundred dirhams, my ring would pass through its horizons.
وجمع الدرهم دراهم
And the plural of the dirham is dirahim.
وجمع الدرهام دراهيم
And the plural of the dirham (variant) is dirahim.
تنفي يداها الحصى في كل هاجرة نفي الدراهيم تنقاد الصياريف
Her hands scatter pebbles in every midday heat, like the scattering of dirhams by money changers.
وشيخ مدرهم
And an aged man.
أي مسن
Meaning, elderly.
وقد ادرهم ادرهماما
And he declined with age, a decline.
أي سقط من الكبر
Meaning, he fell due to old age.
حتى يسأما ويدرهم هرما وأهرما
Until they become weary and decline into extreme old age and become decrepit.