noun
Meaning 1
Alternative spelling of hryvnia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
grivna
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[ˈɡɹɪvnɑ]
noun
Meaning 2
a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology
From Russian гри́вна (grívna). Doublet of hryvnia and grzywna.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: гры́ўна (hrýwna) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Belarusian: гры́ўня (hrýwnja) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Bulgarian: гри́вна (grívna) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Lithuanian: grivina — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Old East Slavic: гривьна (grivĭna) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Polish: grzywna — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Russian: гри́вна (grívna) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Ukrainian: гри́вна (hrývna) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
- Ukrainian: гри́вня (hrývnja) — (historical) a unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus