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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Antonio Muro Orejón (1 January 1979). Homenaje al Dr. Muro Orejón. Universidad de Sevilla. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-84-7405-141-4.
^ Sergio Quezada (1 January 1997). Los pies de la República: los mayas peninsulares, 1550-1750. CIESAS. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-968-496-328-3.
^ 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–.
^ Robert Kilburn Spaulding (1 January 1943). How Spanish Grew. University of California Press. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-0-520-01193-9.

[Orejón1979-1] Antonio Muro Orejón (1 January 1979). Homenaje al Dr. Muro Orejón. Universidad de Sevilla. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-84-7405-141-4.

[Quezada1997-2] Sergio Quezada (1 January 1997). Los pies de la República: los mayas peninsulares, 1550-1750. CIESAS. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-968-496-328-3.

[Maqqarīal-Khaṭīb1840-3] 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–.

[Spaulding1943-4] 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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