lari
or laa·ri, la·ree
[ lahr-ee ]
noun,plural la·ri, la·ris.
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, one 100th of a rupee.
Origin of lari
1First recorded in 1975–80; from Divehi (an Indo-Aryan language of the Maldives), from Persian lārī, a silver wire shaped like a hook or hairpin, and used as currency, from Lār, a town in southern Persia where the currency was first minted
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How to use lari in a sentence
Laree, the smallest town in Bornoo, is a place of more importance.
British Dictionary definitions for lari
lari
laari
/ (lɑːrɪ) /
noun
the standard monetary unit of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri
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