lari

Or laa·ri,

[lahr-ee]

noun

plural

lari, laris 

1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, one 100th of a rupee.

lari

/ lɑːrɪ /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri

Word History and Origins

Origin of lari¹

First 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

Example Sentences

Her family were ready to pay 50,000 georgian lari for bail money to get her out of prison, he said.

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The presence of certain strains of Salmonella and an antimicrobial-resistant type of another gastrointestinal bug, C. lari, which was found in all four locations, supports that conclusion, Cerdà-Cuéllar says.

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The baths offer gender-segregated communal pools as well as private rooms with steaming bathtubs; for a handful of extra lari, bathers can also get a professional scrub-down and massage.

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In the first, called the public goods game, players were matched with either two participants from their own village or two from a neighboring village and given about $10 in Georgian lari.

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Desecrating a religious symbol could cost up to 1,000 lari.

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