The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδραχμή
- Middle Persian · derived from𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭
- Persian · derived fromدرم
- Tajik · borrowed fromдирам
- English todaydiram
From Tajik дирам (diram), from Persian درم (deram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm [ZWZN]), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.
Words from the same roots
Middle Persian𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 all →
dramadarmedirhem
Ancient Greekδραχμή all →
damdramdirhamadarmedirhemfluid drachm
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.