Core sense — it became round in its leaves, said of the mallowgenerated
Said of the خُبَازَى [or mallow]: it became round in its leaves; its leaves became like the silver coins called دَرَاهِم.
Core sense — he became aged; he tottered from old agegenerated
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He (a man) became aged; or he (an old man) tottered because of age.
Core sense — a dirhem, a certain silver coin; its weight, a drachmgenerated
Of the measure فِعْلَلٌ, of which it has been said that there are only three other instances, though there are many more.
An arabicized word, from the Persian [دِرَمْ]. Also pronounced دِرْهِمٌ, but this is rare, and دِرْهَامٌ, which is rarer still.
A certain silver coin, just as دِينَارٌ means a certain gold coin; also its weight, that is, a drachm, or dram.
Its weight is six دَوَانِيق [or dániks] — see also art. مك — that is, the weight of the دِرْهَم إِسْلَامِىّ.
But in the Time of Ignorance some dirhems were light, being four دوانيق, and these were called طَبَرِيَّةٌ; and some were heavy, being eight دوانيق, and these were called عَبْدِيَّةٌ or بَغْلِيَّةٌ. Of these two they made two that were equal, so that each درهم was six دوانيق; this is said to have been done by 'Omar.
According to another account, some dirhems were of the weight of twenty carats and were called the weight of ten [that is, of ten dániks]; some were of the weight of ten [carats] and were called the weight of five; and some were of the weight of twelve [carats] and were called the weight of six; and they put the three weights together and called a third of that the weight of seven.
One of the weights of the درهم before El-Islám was twelve carats, which is six دوانيق; but the درهم اسلامىّ is sixteen carats, the دانق of this being a carat and two thirds.
Or dirhems should be fourteen carats [that is, seven dániks], ten being of the weight of seven مَثَاقِيل [or mithkáls].
In the Time of Ignorance some were heavy, [equal to] مثاقيل, and some were light, [called] طَبَرِيَّةٌ; and when they were coined in the age of El-Islám, they made of the heavy and the light two dirhems, so that ten became equal to seven مثاقيل. A 'Obeyd says that this was done in the time [of the dynasty] of the sons of Umeiyeh.
[See also De Sacy's “Chrest. Arabe,” second edition, vol. 2, p. 110 of the Arabic text and p. 282 of the translation; where it is further stated, on the authority of Ibn-Khaldoon, that the دِرْهَم مَغْرِبِىّ was three دوانيق and the يَمَنِىّ one دانق; and, as is said in the Msb, that 'Omar adopted the mean between the بغلىّ and the طبرىّ, making the درهم to be six.]
The plural of درهم is دَرَاهِمُ, and of درهام is دَرَاهِيمُ. [The former of these plurals is often used as meaning money, cash, or coin, in an absolute sense.]
The diminutive is دُرَيْهِمٌ and دُرَيْهِيمٌ, the latter held by Sb to be irregular; for he says that it is as though it were formed from دِرْهَامٌ, though this was not used by them.
[Apparently meaning a round piece of land surrounded by a fence or the like, or by higher ground; for this is one of the meanings of حَدِيقَةٌ.]
[It is said that] this is taken from the saying of 'Antarah, describing a shower of copious rain:
[So that they left every ridged-round spot of ground like the درهم].
[But according to one reading he said كُلَّ قَرَارَةٍ, meaning, as is said in the EM, p. 227, “every round hollow;” likening such a hollow to the درهم because of its roundness and the clearness and whiteness of its water.]
Core sense — a certain silver coin, a dirhemgenerated
See the preceding entry.
Core sense — a certain silver coin, a dirhemgenerated
See the preceding entry.
Core sense — a little dirhem, a small silver coingenerated
See the preceding entry.
Core sense — a little dirhem, a small silver coingenerated
See the preceding entry.
Core sense — a man possessing many dirhemsgenerated
A man possessing many دَرَاهِم.
It has no verb: you should not say دُرْهِمَ.
Core sense — an old man tottering from agegenerated
An old man tottering because of age.