դրամ

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դրամ (dram). Doublet of դրախմա (draxma).

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /dəˈɾɑm/, [dəɾɑ́m]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /təˈɾɑm/, [tʰəɾɑ́m]
• Hyphenation: դը‧րամ

դրամ • (dram)

1. money

   Synonym: փող (pʻoġ)

2. dram (the currency unit of Armenia)

• թղթադրամ (tʻġtʻadram)
• դրամագլուխ (dramaglux)
• հիմնադրամ (himnadram)
• դրամարկղ (dramarkġ)
• դրամաշնորհ (dramašnorh)

• → English: dram
• → Punjabi: ਦਰਾਮ (darām)

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From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /⁠drahm⁠/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

դրամ • (dram)

1. drachm (a unit of weight equal to 1/8 ounce or 3.411 gram)
2. a coin of various weights; money

   դրամովք վճարել ― dramovkʻ včarel ― to pay ready cash

   դրամ հատանել, հարկանել, կոփել, գրել ― dram hatanel, harkanel, kopʻel, grel ― to coin, to make money

• դահադրամ (dahadram)

• Armenian: դրամ (dram)
  • → English: dram
  • → Punjabi: ਦਰਾਮ (darām)
• → Georgian: დრამა (drama)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դրամ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դրամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դրամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “դրամ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press