د ر ه م

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the silver coin 'dirham', its origin as a Persian loanword, and related linguistic discussions about its pronunciation and plural forms. It also extends to metaphorical uses related to roundness or shininess, and terms for aging or falling due to old age.

Derived headwords

الدِّرْهَمnoun

1.
dirhamboth
A silver coin, historically a standard unit of currency in the Islamic world. It is a Persian loanword.
2.
gardenclassical
Metaphorically refers to a garden, likened to a dirham in its roundness or appearance, as used in poetry.

دَرَاهِمnoun

1.
dirhamsboth
The plural form of the dirham coin.

دَرَاهِيمnoun

1.
dirhamsclassical
A less common plural form of the dirham coin, discussed in relation to classical grammar.

دِرْهَامnoun

1.
dirhamclassical
A less common variant pronunciation or form of the dirham coin.

مُدَرْهَمadjective

1.
having many dirhamsclassical
Describes a man who possesses a large amount of dirhams (money). This usage is attributed to Abu Zayd.

دَرْهَمَverb

1.
to become roundclassical
Used to describe the herb khubbayza (mallow) when its leaves become round and resemble dirhams.

مُدَرْهَمadjective

1.
fallen from old ageclassical
Describes an old man who has become weak and fallen due to extreme old age, similar to 'mushama'al'.

ادْرَهَمَّverb

1.
to fall from old ageclassical
The verb form indicating falling or becoming weak due to extreme old age.
2.
to become blindclassical
Used to describe someone's eyesight becoming dim or dark.
3.
to grow oldclassical
Refers to the process of aging and becoming old.

ادْرِهْمَامnoun

1.
falling from old ageclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for the act of falling or becoming weak due to extreme old age.

دُرَيِّهِمnoun

1.
small dirhamclassical
A diminutive form of dirham, used to denote a small coin.

دُرَيْهِيمnoun

1.
very small dirhamclassical
A further diminutive or a rare form used to denote a very small dirham, considered grammatically unusual.

الدُّرَيْهِمِيّname

1.
Al-Durayhimiclassical
Refers to a village in Yemen, located between Al-Hudaydah and Al-Marawamah.

دِرْهَمname

1.
Dirhamboth
A name, appearing in the lineage of individuals like Dirham ibn Ziyad and Hammad ibn Zayd ibn Dirham.

دِرْهَمname

1.
Dirhamclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Khidash ibn Zuhayr.

Parallel reading

الدرهم، كمنبر، ومحراب

The dirham, like minbar and mihrab.

فإن منبر مفعل ودرهم فعلل

For minbar is on the pattern maf'al, and dirham is on the pattern fa'lal.

الدرهم فارسي معرب

The dirham is a Arabized Persian word.

وكسر الهاء لغة

And the kasra on the ha is a pronunciation variant.

وربما قالوا: درهام

And sometimes they say: dirham.

لو أن عندي مائتي درهام ... لجاز في آفاقها خاتامي

If I had two hundred dirhams... my seal would pass through its horizons.

ومن نظائر درهم الخنصر والخنجر وهجرع وضفدع وقلفع

And among the parallels of dirham are khunsar, khinjar, hajra', difda', and qalf'.

وجاء في تكسيره دراهم

And dirhams came in its pluralization.

تنفي يداها الحصى في كل هاجرة ... نفي الدراهيم تنقاد الصياريف

Its forelegs scatter gravel in every midday heat... like the scattering of dirhams when money-changers count them.

ورجل مدرهم بفتح الهاء أي: كثيرها

And a man madraham (with fatha on ha) means: having many of them (dirhams).

درهمت الخبازى: استدارت

The khubbayza (mallow) became dirham-like: it became round.

وصار ورقها كالدراهم

And its leaves became like dirhams.

وشيخ مدرهم كمشمعل أي: ساقط كبرا

And an old man madraham (like mushama'al) means: fallen from old age.

وقد ادرهم ادرهماما: سقط من الكبر

And he became adraham (adrahamaman): he fell from old age.

وادهم بصره: أظلم

And his eyesight adraham: it became dark.

ادرهم الرجل: كبر سنه

The man adraham: his age increased.

فتركن كل حديقة كالدرهم

So they left every garden like a dirham.

اختضبوا بالحناء فإنه يزيد في جمالكم وشبابكم ونكاحكم

Dye yourselves with henna, for it increases your beauty, youth, and marital relations.

دريهم ودريهيم تصغيرا درهم

Durayhim and Durayhim are diminutives of dirham.

والدريهمي: قرية باليمن ما بين الحديدة والمراومة

And Al-Durayhimi: a village in Yemen between Al-Hudaydah and Al-Marawamah.