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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܕܪܟܡܐ • (draḵmā)
- a drachma
- Synonyms: ܕܪܗܡ, ܕܪܟܡܣ
References
- Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 215
- Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 295
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 478