Quoth he, Wilt thou abide with me and order the accounts of my shop and I will give thee thy food and clothing and half a dirham a day for ordering the accompts of my shop?
I have eaten a morsel worth a dirham or two and have lost a bag wherein is thirty thousand dinars' worth: but I seek aid of Allah!
Despite structural adjustment programs supported by the IMF, the World Bank, and the Paris Club, the dirham is only fully convertible for current account transactions and Morocco's financial sector is rudimentary.
FN#444] So she paid him a dirham and he gave her medicines contrary to that ailment and such as would only aggravate the complaint.
Quoth the man of Marw, "I will not give thee a dirham of this money, till thou pay me my due of the monies that be in thy house.
Yes, he gave me a dirham and but a quarter of the coin is spent.
Accordingly he returned to the burial-ground and gave not over going till he stood at the door of the Tower of Silence, when he heard the words of Al-Marwazi to his fellow, "I will not give thee a single dirham of the money!
They directed him to a far country, where his dirham should produce an hundredfold.
FN#149] There was once a merchant man, who prospered in trade, and at one time his every dirham won him fifty.
Quoth the Tither, "Verily[FN#379] will I give him a dirham every month to the rent of his lodging.
The almost total lack of basic infrastructure in the countryside will continue to hinder development.
Following structural adjustment programs supported by the IMF, World Bank, and the Paris Club, the dirham is now fully convertible for current account transactions, and reforms of the financial sector have been implemented.
Verily, the poet saith in praise of white and blame of black, 'Seest not that pearls are prized for milky hue, * But with a dirham buy we coals in load?
Presently I saw Bishr drop a danik,[FN#353] so I picked it up and exchanged it for a dirham which I gave him.
Said the boy, "Give me a dirham to buy sweetmeats withal and I will tell the how thou mayst acquit thyself.
Thereupon I gave him a dirham or so and said to him, Buy us something to eat.
The dirham is now fully convertible for current account transactions; reforms of the financial sector have been implemented; and state enterprises are slowly being privatized.
Then quoth she, "Praise be Allah who hath given us in exchange for a paltry dirham a dinar!
Quoth the baker, "The dirham is beyond all doubt a worthless: see yonder dog of mine, he is but a beast, yet mark me he will tell thee whether it be true or false silver.
The baker was delighted with my sagacity, and the woman also, marvelling with excessive marvel at what had happened, took back her bad dirham and paid another in exchange.
My master tested all the silvers and, finding out the false bit, returned it demanding a true dirham in exchange; but the woman wrangled and would not take it back and swore that it was sound.
The Dirham of The Nights was worth six "Dánik," each of these being a fraction over a penny.
We alighted at one of the Khans, where my uncles tarried awhile selling and buying; and they bought and sold also on my account, each dirham turning a profit of five on prime cost, which pleased me mightily.
To let go a flea is a more virtuous act than to give a dirham to a beggar.
XXXI Religion is a maiden veiled in prayer, Whose bridal gifts and dowry those who care Can buy in Mutakallem's shop of words But I for such, a dirham can not spare.
Dirham had been residing within a few doors of Magan's house, and on the death of that gentleman it occurred to him to move to the more ample accommodation it afforded.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dirham" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
