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 drachm 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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