Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫡𐫖𐫀𐫗 (drmʾn /⁠darmān⁠/, “remedy, medicine”), Northern Luri دںرمۆ (dərmø) from Proto-Indo-Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰér-mn̥. Compare Sanskrit धर्मन् (dharman, “support, supporter”), धर्म (dharma, “morality, virtue”), and the Iranian loanwords: Old Armenian դարման (darman), Classical Syriac ܕܪܡܢܐ (darmānā).