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دِرْهَم dirham in Arabic

دِرْهَم is how you say “dirham” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قال بخير والحمد لله، وقد اشتريت دارًا بعشرة آلاف درهم

He said: I am well, praise be to Allah, and I have bought a house for ten thousand dirhams.

دِرْهَمٍ dirhams

A singular noun, 'dirham', used after the larger number as the unit counted. Arabic switches to the singular for the thing counted after big numbers, and it takes the genitive as the unit being totted up.

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More example sentences

قال لأني تصدقت بعشرة آلاف درهم، فثمنها دار في الجنة

He said: Because I gave charity of ten thousand dirhams; the price of it is a house in Paradise.

دِرْهَمٍ dirhams

Counted nouns after large numbers in Arabic appear singular and in the genitive, which is why this reads literally as 'of dirham' rather than a plural. The single genitive form stands in for the whole counted amount.

From The Reward of Giving

فضحك الوزير وأعطاه عشرة آلاف درهم أخرى

The minister laughed and gave him another ten thousand dirhams.

دِرْهَمٍ dirhams

After a large number the counted noun stays singular and genitive in Arabic, so this reads as 'of dirham' standing for the whole sum.

From The Reward of Giving

قال أخبرته أني اشتريت دارًا في الجنة بعشرة آلاف درهم، فأعطاني عشرة آلاف أخرى

He said: I told him that I bought a house in Paradise for ten thousand dirhams, so he gave me another ten thousand.

دِرْهَمٍ dirhams

After a large number the counted noun is singular and genitive, so it reads as 'of dirham' standing for the whole sum.

From The Reward of Giving

فذهب إلى الوزير وقال له إني اشتريت قصرًا في الجنة بعشرين ألف درهم

So he went to the minister and said to him: I have bought a palace in Paradise for twenty thousand dirhams.

دِرْهَمٍ dirhams

The owned, second noun in the 'thousand of dirham' pairing, so genitive and singular; the singular genitive after a number stands for the whole counted sum.

From The Reward of Giving

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