Meaning

noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

noun 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams

noun the basic unit of money in Armenia

originFrom Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

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