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lira en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɪəɹə/

Etymology

From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, litra, litre, livre, and rottol.

Meanings

1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
2. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
3. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
4. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

Forms

Relateds

₺ · £

Translations (92)

pl lir (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ur لِیرَہ (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ru ли́ра (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · be лі́ра (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · io liro (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · tr ₺ (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · nl lire (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · et liir (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · pl lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · cmn 土耳其里拉 (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ar لِيرَا (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · uk лі́ра (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · gl lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · id lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · gl lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · es lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · pt lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ca lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ca lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ru ли́ра (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · mt lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ja リラ (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ast llira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · sq lirë (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · lv lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · el λίρα (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · fr lire (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · sh ли̑ра (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · mn лир (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · tk lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · bn লিরা (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · uk лі́ра (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · he לִירָה (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · it lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · sh lȋra (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · th ลีรา (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · kk лира (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · kmr lîre (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fa-ira لیرِه (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · nl lire (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · fa-ira لیرِه (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · mi rira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ja リラ (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · tr Türk lirası (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · cmn 里拉 (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · nl lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · cs lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · el λίρα (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · bg ли́ра (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ro liră (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ms lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · tg лира (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · az lirə (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fo liri (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ast llira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · tr liret (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · cmn 里拉 (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · sl lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · mk лира (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fi liira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fo liri (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ko 리라 (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fr livre (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · mt lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · es lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · tr lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ms lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ky лира (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fi liira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · de Lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · it lira (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · eo liro (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · hi लीरा (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ar لِيرَة f or لَيْرَة (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · bg ли́ра (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · cs lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · pt lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ro liră (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · lt lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · sk líra (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · kmr lîra (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · uz lira (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ko 리라 (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · hy լիրա (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · be лі́ра (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · tt лира (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ar لِيرَة (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · tr TRY (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · ug لىرا (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · fr livre (basic unit of currency in Turkey) · mn лир (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.) · ka ლირა (basic unit of currency in Turkey)

lira en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɪəɹə/

Etymology

From Ukrainian ліра (lira), ultimately related to the Byzantine lyra (Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra)). Doublet of Lyra, lyra, and lyre.

Meanings

1. A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

wikipedia: Byzantine lyra

lira en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈlaɪɹə/

Etymology

From Latin līra (“furrow”).

Meanings

1. Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

Forms

lira en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lyra.
   alt of lyra
   • Some instruments comprise types which are found, more or less unchanged, also with various nations and periods (recorder, shawm), whereas others belong to smaller regions (byzantine lira, rectangular harp) or only to the territory of Serbia and Macedonia (drums, larger shawms, especially in the Turkish period). 1976, Musicological Annual, page 118:
   • Being an approximate synonym of cithara, the word lyra is most often applied to the harp, but one also finds it interpreted as the Germanic lyre, Byzantine lira (equated in turn with the Arabic rebab), hurdy-gurdy, citole or gittern, lute, etc. 1977, Laurence Wright, “The Medieval Gittern and Citole: A Case of Mistaken Identity”, in The Galpin Society Journal:
   • The first evidence of the Byzantine lira is in a Persian literary source of the ninth century. 1940, Curt Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., page 275:

Relateds

lira da braccio · lira de braccio