dirhem (plural dirhems)
(historical units of measurement) A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously reckoned as 1.5–3.5 g (0.05–0.12 oz.).
(chiefly historical Turkish contexts) Alternative form of dirham: a former silver coin weighing one dirhem; modern currencies named for it.
• (unit of weight): dram, Turkish dram; drachm, Turkish drachm (obsolete); termini (obsolete)
• (superdivisions of the unit of weight): ounce; cheki; rottol or rotl; oka; batman; kantar or quintal
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22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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