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اِدْرَهَمَّ أدار أدر أدرى أدرهم ادرهم دار درى , (S, K,) inf. n. اِدْرِهْمَامٌ , (S,) He (a man, TA) became aged: (K, TA:) or he (an old man) tottered ( سَقَطَ ) by reason of age. (S, TA.) ― -b2- ادرهمّ بَصَرَهُ His sight became dim, or obscure. (K.)

دِرْهَمٌ در درهم , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) of the measure فِعْلَلٌ , (Msb, MF,) of which it has been said that there are only three other instances, but there are many more; (MF;) an arabicized word, (S, Msb,) from the Pers. [ دِرَمْ ]; (S;) also pronounced ↓ دِرْهِمٌ , (S, Msb, K,) but this is of rare occurrence; (TA;) and ↓ دِرْهَامٌ , (S, K,) which is more rare; (TA;) A certain silver coin; (Mgh, Msb;) like as دِينَارٌ signifies a certain gold coin: (Mgh:) [and the weight thereof; i. e. a drachm, or dram:] its weight is six دَوَانِيق [or dániks]; (Msb, and K in art. مك ;) i. e., the weight of the دِرْهَم اـِسْلَامِىّ : but in the Time of Ignorance, some dirhems were light, being four دوانيق ; and these were called طَبَرِيَّةٌ : and some were heavy, being eight دوانيق ; and these were called عَبْدِيَّةٌ , or بَغْلِيَّةٌ : and of these two they made two that were equal; so that each درهم was six دوانيق : this is said to have been done by 'Omar: or, accord. to another account, some dirhems were of the weight of twenty carats, and were called the weight of ten [i. e. of ten dániks]; and some were of the weight of ten [carats], and were called the weight of five; and some were of the weight of twelve [carats], and were called the weight of six; and they put the three weights together, and called the third part thereof the weight of seven: and one of the weights of the درهم before El-Islám was twelve carats, which is six دوانيق : but the درهم اسلامىّ is sixteen carats; the دانق of this being a carat and two thirds: (Msb:) or dirhems should be fourteen carats [i. e. seven dániks]; ten being of the weight of seven مَثَاقِيل [or mithkáls]: in the Time of Ignorance, some were heavy, [equal to] مثاقيل ; and some were light, [called] طَبَرِيَّةٌ ; and when they were coined in the age of El-Islám, they made of the heavy and the light two dirhems, so that ten became equal to seven مثاقيل : A 'Obeyd says that this was done in the time [of the dynasty] of the sons of Umeiyeh: (El-Karkhee, cited in the Mgh:) [see also De Sacy's “ Chrest. Arabe, ” sec. ed., vol. ii. p. 110 of the Arabic text, and p. 282 of the transl.; where it is further stated, on the authority of Ibn-Khaldoon, that the دِرْهَم مَغْرِبِىّ was three دوانيق ; and the يَمَنِىّ , one دانق ; and, as is said in the Msb, that 'Omar adopted the mean between the بغلىّ and the طبرىّ , making the درهم to be six:] the pl. (of درهم , S) is دَرَاهِمُ and (of درهام , S) دَرَاهِيمُ . (S, K.) [The former of these pls. is often used as signifying Money, cash, or coin, in an absolute sense.] The dim. is ↓ دُرَيْهِمٌ and ↓ دُرَيْهِيمٌ : the latter held by Sb to be anomalous; for he says that it is as though it were formed from دِرْهَامٌ , though this was not used by them. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, as being likened thereto, [i. e., to the coin thus called,] (TA,) دِرْهَمٌ signifies also (assumed tropical:) A حَدِيقَة [app. as meaning a round piece of land surrounded by a fence or the like, or by elevated land; for this is one of the significations of حَدِيقَةٌ ]. (K.) [It is said that] this is taken from the saying of 'Antarah, [describing shower of copious rain,] فَتَرَكْنَ كُلَّ حَدِيقَةٍ كَالدِّرْهَمِ [So that they left every ridged-round spot of ground like the درهم ]. (TA.) [But accord. to one reading, he said, كُلَّ قَرَارَةٍ ; meaning, as is said in the EM, p. 227, “ every round hollow; ” and likening such a hollow to the درهم because of its roundness, and the clearness and whiteness of its water.]

دِرْهِمٌ در درهم : see the next preceding paragraph.

دِرْهَامٌ درهام : see the next preceding paragraph.

دُرَيْهِمٌ دري دريهم : see the next preceding paragraph.

دُرَيْهِيمٌ دريهيم : see the next preceding paragraph.

مُدَرْهَمٌ مدر مدرهم A man possessing many دَرَاهِم : (AZ, K:) it has no verb: (TA:) you should not say دُرْهِمَ . (AZ, K.)

مُدْرَهِمٌّ مدر مدرهم An old man tottering ( سَاقِطٌ ) by reason of age. (S, K.)