Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դրոշմ (drošm).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

դրոշմ (drošm)

  1. impress, stamp, seal

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

դրոշմ (drošm)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դրոշմ (drošm)

Further reading edit

  • 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