lira

Etymology 1

From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة‎ (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה‎, all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of livre

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian ліра (lira).

Etymology 3

From Latin līra (“furrow”).

Anagrams

• Lair, aril, lair, lari, liar, rail, rial

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin lībra.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪra/
• Rhymes: -ɪra
• Hyphenation: li‧ra
• Homophone: lyra

Noun

lira f

1. lira (former currency of Italy) [19th c.]
2. lira (currency of Turkey)
3. lira (former currency of Israel)

References

Verb

lira

1. third-person singular future of lire

Anagrams

• rail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ra/, [ˈl̺iːr̺ä]
• Hyphenation: lì‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin lībra.

Etymology 2

From Latin lyra.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *loizā, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”),^[1] from *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).

Cognate with Oscan feminine ablative plural 𐌋𐌖𐌉𐌔𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌚𐌔 (luisarifs, the name of a month, perhaps "in which the furrows are drawn"), Old High German leisa (“track”) (German Gleis), Old Church Slavonic лѣха (lěxa, “field bed, furrow”), Old Prussian lyso (“field bed”), Proto-Germanic *lizaną (“to know, understand”), *laizijaną (“teach”), *liznaną (“learn”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ra/

Noun

līra f (genitive līrae); first declension^[3]

1. the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge
2. (agriculture) furrow

References

• lira in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lira in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lihwizô, *ligwizô (“thigh; groin”). More at lire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːrɑ/

Noun

līra m (nominative plural līran)

1. Fleshy part of the body without fat or bone; brawn; muscle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲi.ra/

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

Etymology 2

Maltese, Turkish, both from Italian lira, from Latin lībra (“pound”).

See also

• lir

Further reading

• lira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîːra/
• Hyphenation: li‧ra

Noun

lȋra f (Cyrillic spelling ли̑ра)

1. lyre

References

• “lira” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlíːra/
• Tonal orthography: lȋra

Noun

líra f (genitive líre, nominative plural líre)

1. lyre (musical instrument)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɾa/

Etymology 1

From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

Etymology 2

From Italian lira, from Latin libra.

Further reading

• “lira” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Verb

lira (present lirar, preterite lirade, supine lirat, imperative lira)

1. (colloquial) to play (a sport, an instrument or a game)

Etymology

From Italian lira.

Noun

lira (definite accusative lirayı, plural liralar)

1. Turkish lira.