# lira
## English
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪəɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

#### Noun

lira (plural lire or lira or liras)
* The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
* The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
* The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

#### Noun

lira (plural lirot or liroth or liras)
* The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

##### Translations
#### See also
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪəɹə/
* Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 3

From Latin līra (“furrow”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaɪɹə/
* Rhymes: -aɪɹə
* Homophones: lyra, Lyra

#### Noun

lira (plural lirae)
* Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

lira
* Alternative form of lyra
** 1940, Curt Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., page 275:The first evidence of the Byzantine lira is in a Persian literary source of the ninth century.
** 1976, Musicological Annual, page 118: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).
** 1977, Laurence Wright, “The Medieval Gittern and Citole: A Case of Mistaken Identity”, in The Galpin Society Journal: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.

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈli.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈli.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa

### Etymology 1

From Latin libra.

#### Noun

lira f (plural lires)
* lira (currency)

##### Related terms

* lliura

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra). First attested in the 15th century.

#### Noun

lira f (plural lires)
* lyre (an ancient stringed musical instrument)

##### Related terms

* líric
* lírica

### References

* ↑ “lira”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “lira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “lira” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “lira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪra]
* Rhymes: -ɪra
* Hyphenation: li‧ra
* Homophone: lyra

### Noun

lira f
* lira (former currency of Italy) [19th c.]
* lira (currency of Turkey)
* lira (former currency of Israel)

#### Related terms

* libra

### References

* ↑ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “lira”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 381

### Further reading

* “lira”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lira”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lira
* third-person singular future of lire

### Anagrams

* rail

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ra/
* Rhymes: -ira
* Hyphenation: lì‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Latin lībra.

#### Noun

lira f (plural lire)
* lira

##### Descendants

* Turkish: lira

### Etymology 2

From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā).

#### Noun

lira f (plural lire)
* lyre
    Synonym: cetra
** 1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo tredicesimo: Licurgo [Thirteenth Chapter: Lykourgos]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 119:Dopo Terpandro venne Timoteo, che tentò di perfezionare la lira portandone le corde da sette a undici.After Terpander came Timotheus, who tried to perfect the lyre increasing the number of its strings from seven to eleven.

### Anagrams

* Arli, lari

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *loizā, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”), 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”), *liʀnōn (“learn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈliː.ra/, [ˈlʲiːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈli.ra/, [ˈliːrä]

### Noun

līra f (genitive līrae); first declension
* the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge
* (agriculture) furrow

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* dēlērātiō
* dēlīrāmentum
* dēlīrātiō
* dēlīrātor
* dēlīritās
* dēlīrō
* dēlīrus
* līrātim
* līrātiō
* līrātus

### 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* lira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “līra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 409-410
* ↑ “lira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Doublet of lire.

#### Noun

lira m (definite singular liraen, indefinite plural liraar or liraer or lira, definite plural liraane or liraene)
* (numismatics) lira (currency of Malta)
* (numismatics) lira (currency of Turkey)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lira f
* definite singular of lire
* definite singular of lire

### References

* “lira” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lihwizô, *ligwizô (“thigh; groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). More at lire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliː.rɑ/

### Noun

līra m (nominative plural līran)
* fleshy part of the body without fat or bone; brawn; muscle

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Derived terms

* līreht
* spearlīra

#### Related terms

* lēow

#### Descendants

* Middle English: lire, lyre
** English: lire

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ira
* Syllabification: li‧ra

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

#### Noun

lira f
* lyre (stringed musical instrument)
* black grouse's tail

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maltese lira, from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

#### Noun

lira f
* (historical) lira (former unit of currency of Malta)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Turkish lira, from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

#### Noun

lira f
* lira (currency of Turkey)

##### Derived terms

* lirowy

##### Related terms

* lir

### Further reading

* lira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɾɐ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lyra.

#### Noun

lira f (plural liras)
* lyre (a stringed musical instrument)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

#### Noun

lira f (plural liras)
* lira (unit of currency)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lîːra/
* Hyphenation: li‧ra

### Noun

lȋra f (Cyrillic spelling ли̑ра)
* lyre

#### Declension
### References

* “lira”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Old French lire, from Latin lyra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /líːra/

### Noun

lȋra f
* lyre (musical instrument)

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliɾa/ [ˈli.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: li‧ra

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lira f (plural liras)
* lyre
* (Mexico, slang) guitar

##### Derived terms

* ave lira
* gallo lira

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin libra. Doublet of libra.

#### Noun

lira f (plural liras)
* lira (former currency of Italy)

### Further reading

* “lira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Verb

lira (present lirar, preterite lirade, supine lirat, imperative lira)
* (colloquial) to play (a sport, an instrument or a game)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* lir

### Anagrams

* ilar, liar

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lira (“lyre”), from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈliɾa/ [ˈliː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: li‧ra

#### Noun

lira (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜇ)
* lyre

##### See also

* kudyapi

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lira (“lira”), from Latin libra. Doublet of libra.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈliɾa/ [ˈliː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: li‧ra

#### Noun

lira (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜇ)
* lira (former currency of Italy)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈliɾaʔ/ [ˈliː.ɾɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
* Syllabification: li‧ra

#### Noun

lirà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜇ)
* swollen and reddened eyelids

##### Derived terms

* lirain

### Anagrams

* iral, rali

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لیره, لیرا, from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [l̠ʲí.ɾä]
* Hyphenation: li‧ra

### Noun

lira (definite accusative lirayı, plural liralar)
* lira (currency of Turkey)
    Türk lirası ― the Turkish lira
* livre, pound
    Mısır lirası ― the Egyptian pound

#### Related terms

* liralık

#### See also

* liret (“Italian lira”), İtalyan lireti