Adarme

The adarme is an antiquated Spanish unit of mass, equal to three tomines, equivalent to 1⁄16 ounce (1.8 grams).[1][2] The term derives from the Arabic درهم,[3] parallel with drachem and the Greek δραχμἠ[4] and persists in Spanish as an idiom for something insignificant or which exists in small quantity.

References

  1. ↑ Antonio Muro Orejón (1 January 1979). Homenaje al Dr. Muro Orejón. Universidad de Sevilla. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-84-7405-141-4.
  2. ↑ Sergio Quezada (1 January 1997). Los pies de la República: los mayas peninsulares, 1550-1750. CIESAS. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-968-496-328-3.
  3. ↑ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al- Maqqarī; Ibn al-Khaṭīb (1840). The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain: Extracted from the Nafhu-t-tíb Min Ghosni-l-Andalusi-r-rattíb Wa Táríkh Lisánu-d-Dín Ibni-l-Khattíb. Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, sold. pp. 500–.
  4. ↑ Robert Kilburn Spaulding (1 January 1943). How Spanish Grew. University of California Press. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-0-520-01193-9.
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