δραχμή

See also: drachma and drakme

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Typically derived as a verbal noun (holding) of δράσσομαι (drássomai, to hold, to seize). Beekes, however, argues that the existence of the variants δαρχμά (darkhmá) and δαρχνά (darkhná) means δραχ- (drakh-) and δαρχ- (darkh-) do not continue the zero-grade of Proto-Hellenic *dr̥kʰ- and instead derive from an otherwise unknown Pre-Greek substrate term.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δρᾰχμή (drakhmḗ) f (genitive δρᾰχμῆς); first declension

  1. drachma
  2. drachm

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: δραχμή (drachmí)
    • Turkish: drahmi
  • Bactrian: δραχμο (draxmo), δδραχμο (ddraxmo)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (draṃmaa-)
  • Latin: drachma (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Persian: 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /drahm/), 𐫅𐫡𐫍𐫖 (drhm /drahm/)
  • Old Armenian: դրաքմայ (drakʿmay), դրաքմէ (drakʿmē), դրագմէ (dragmē)
  • Sanskrit: द्रम्म (drámma) (see there for further descendants)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (δrγmh /δraxm(a)/)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

Noun

δραχμή (drachmí) f (plural δραχμές)

  1. (historical) drachma (former Greek currency 1833-2002)
  2. (obsolete or historical) drachma (an ancient unit of weight)

Declension

Coordinate terms

Descendants

Further reading

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