ლარი

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lari/, [ɫaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ლა‧რი

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Persian لاری (lâri).

Noun

ლარი • (lari) (plural ლარები)

  1. lari, the national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri
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Descendants
  • English: lari

See also

Etymology 2

From Middle Georgian ლარი (lari). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ლარი • (lari) (plural ლარები)

  1. (obsolete) treasure
  2. (obsolete) brocade
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Iusṭine (1916) Šah-names anu mepeta c̣ignis kartuli versiebi [Georgian versions of the Shahnameh or the Book of Kings] (Ʒveli kartuli mc̣erloba; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 811
  • Abu-l-Q̇asim Pirdousi (1934) Iusṭine Abulaʒe et al., editors, Šah-name: kartuli versiebi, ṭomi 2 [Shahnameh: Georgian versions, Volume 2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 593

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ლარი • (lari) (plural ლარები)

  1. (dialectal) Large and wide bench, used for both to sit and to sleep

Etymology 4

From Old Georgian ლარი (lari), from Old Armenian լար (lar).

Alternative forms

  • ლარო (laro)

Noun

ლარი • (lari) (plural ლარები)

  1. string made by animal's tendon or bowel
  2. ratline

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian լար (lar), genitive լարոյ (laroy). The form ლარო (laro) reflects the o-stem of the Armenian.

Noun

ლარი • (lari)

  1. string, cord

Derived terms

  • ლარეანი (lareani)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 268a
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 304

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ლარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 207b
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, pages 24–25
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ლარი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 587b
  • Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2001) “ლარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis siṭq̇vis ḳona [Old Georgian glossary] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 5) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 110a
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