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Moroccan dirham

Moroccan dirham

5.3
The official money of Morocco divided into 100 cents
  • noun
translation icon : dirham marroquí
  • The price of the carpet was listed as 2,000 Moroccan dirhams.

Examples

  • Tourists found it easy to withdraw Moroccan dirhams from local ATMs.

  • I exchanged my dollars for Moroccan dirhams at the airport.

  • I exchanged my euros for Moroccan dirhams at the airport.

  • The price is listed in Moroccan dirhams.

  • I exchanged my euros for Moroccan dirhams at the airport.

  • The price of the carpet was listed as 2,000 Moroccan dirhams.

  • Tourists found it easy to withdraw Moroccan dirhams from local ATMs.

Synonyms

dirham
vsMoroccan dirham
1 8.3

A unit of money used in some North African and Middle Eastern countries

is the official currency used only in Morocco

Surface Forms

Moroccan dirham singular
Moroccan dirhams plural

Morphology

Moroccan + dirham

The meaning is directly compositional: 'Moroccan' (= of Morocco) combined with 'dirham' (= a currency unit) yields 'the currency of Morocco.' This country-adjective + currency-noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Moroccan dirham gets its name from an old Greek coin called 'drachma' that traveled into the Arab world and over time became dirham. So the modern Moroccan dirham is simply Morocco's name for its 'money' today.