drachma

n., pl., -mas, or -mae (-mē).

1. The primary unit of currency in Greece before the adoption of the euro.
2. An ancient Greek silver coin.
3. One of several modern units of weight, especially the dram.

[Latin, from Greek drakhmē, from drassesthai, drakh-, to grasp.]

Monetary unit of Greece.

drachma, in Greece, a coin worth six obols (see MONEY 1). The word dates back to the days when Greece had a primitive iron currency; it means ‘a handful’, i.e. of obols (obeloi, ‘spits’).

[Ar]

A unit of silver coinage in the Greek world issued in multiple such as the didrachm (2), the tetradrachm (4), and the deckadrachm (10).

Drachma

Is the currency for: Greece

Dansk (Danish)
n. - drakme

Nederlands (Dutch)
drachme, Oudgriekse gewichtseenheid

Français (French)
n. - drachme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drachme, (griechische Währung)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δραχμή

Italiano (Italian)
dracma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dracma (m)

Русский (Russian)
драхма

Español (Spanish)
n. - dracma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - drakma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
古代希腊的银币, 德拉克马

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 古代希臘的銀幣, 德拉克馬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 드라크마 (현재 그리스의 화폐 단위), (고대 그리스의) 드라크마 은화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ドラクマ, ドラクマ銀貨

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وحدة النقد في اليونان, الدراخما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יחידת המטבע של יוון, דרכמון (מטבע)‬

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