fanamn.

/fʌˈnɑːm/

Forms: Also 1500s fanan, fanon, 1800s fanom.

Etymology: Corruption of Malayalam and Tamil paṇam, < Sanskrit paṇa wealth.

A small coin, formerly the usual money of account in South India. ‘No longer used in British India; in some native states gold and silver fanams are still current; in Travancore the former is worth ¹/ ₄ and the latter ¹/ ₇ of a rupee’ ( N.E.D., 1895).

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent

fanam1555

St. Thomas' coin1559

pardao1582

seraphin1582

chequina1587

pagody1588

pagoda1598

tanga1598

mahmudi1612

rupee1612

mohur1614

tola1614

lakh1615

picec1617

sicca rupee1619

rupee1678

anna1680

cash1711

R1711

star pagoda1741

pie1756

sicca1757

dam1781

dub1781

hun1807

swamy-pagoda1813

chick1842

re1856

paisa1884

naya paisa1956

poisha1974

1510 L. di Varthema Itin. f. xlvii^v, Batte alcuna moneta dargento chiamata..Fanon.]

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 233, This Fanan, is also a kynde of money which is in value, one ryale of syluer.

1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 822/2 A Fanam is only 5d. tho they have Golden and Silver Fanams.

1792 Garrow in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 409 The stone is..paid for at the Pollam, in the gold fanam.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 452 Their pay shall be a gold fanam for every day they do not work, and two gold fanams for every day they do.

1883 S. Mateer Gospel in S. India 148 A woman has given 100 fanams to provide two good globe lamps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2012).

单词	fanam
释义	fanamn. /fʌˈnɑːm/ Forms: Also 1500s fanan, fanon, 1800s fanom. Etymology: Corruption of Malayalam and Tamil paṇam, < Sanskrit paṇa wealth. A small coin, formerly the usual money of account in South India. ‘No longer used in British India; in some native states gold and silver fanams are still current; in Travancore the former is worth ¹/ ₄ and the latter ¹/ ₇ of a rupee’ ( N.E.D., 1895). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent fanam1555 St. Thomas' coin1559 pardao1582 seraphin1582 chequina1587 pagody1588 pagoda1598 tanga1598 mahmudi1612 rupee1612 mohur1614 tola1614 lakh1615 picec1617 sicca rupee1619 rupee1678 anna1680 cash1711 R1711 star pagoda1741 pie1756 sicca1757 dam1781 dub1781 hun1807 swamy-pagoda1813 chick1842 re1856 paisa1884 naya paisa1956 poisha1974 1510 L. di Varthema Itin. f. xlvii^v, Batte alcuna moneta dargento chiamata..Fanon.] 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 233, This Fanan, is also a kynde of money which is in value, one ryale of syluer. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 822/2 A Fanam is only 5d. tho they have Golden and Silver Fanams. 1792 Garrow in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 409 The stone is..paid for at the Pollam, in the gold fanam. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 452 Their pay shall be a gold fanam for every day they do not work, and two gold fanams for every day they do. 1883 S. Mateer Gospel in S. India 148 A woman has given 100 fanams to provide two good globe lamps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2012). < n.1555
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