Word Origin Summary

𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 is attested in Middle Persian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. δραχμήAncient Greekborrowed from

Descendants and Related Terms

• dràm

  Scottish Gaelic · borrowed from

• დრამა

  Georgian · derived from

• dram

  Norwegian Nynorsk · derived from

• ndalama

  Chewa · derived from

• ndalama

  Tumbuka · derived from

• dram

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• दिरम

  Hindi · derived from

• ndarama

  Shona · derived from

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