Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դրոշմ (drošm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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դրոշմ (drošm)

  1. impress, stamp, seal

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwšwm /⁠drōšom⁠/, mark).

Noun

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դրոշմ (drošm)

  1. impress, stamp, seal, mark, character
  2. (ecclesiastical) confirmation

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: դրոշմ (drošm)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դրոշմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դրոշմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 878
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դրոշմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy