noun, masculine/maɾabeˈdi/plural: maravedíes
maravedi (a former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848)
Related: hierba del maravedí, maravedí de oro, maravedí de plata
Inherited from Old Spanish marauedi, moravedi, morauedi, from Arabic مُرَابِطِين (murābiṭīn, literally “holy men”), the name of the Almoravid rulers of Muslim Spain during the 12th century.