![]() ![]() The nominative plural of hryvnia is hryvni ( Ukrainian: гривні), while the genitive plural is hryven’ ( Ukrainian: гривень). Later, the word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight c.f. Bulgarian and Serbian grivna ( гривна, "bracelet"). It might have indicated something valuable worn around the neck, usually made of silver or gold c.f. Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian грива / griva, meaning "mane". The word is thought to derive from the Slavic griva c.f. The currency of Kievan Rus' in the eleventh century was the grivna. It is named after a measure of weight used in Kievan Rus'. ![]() The hryvnia ( /( h ə) ˈ r ɪ v n i ə/ (hə- )RIV-nee-ə Ukrainian: гривня ⓘ, abbr. : грн hrn sign: ₴ code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. ![]()
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