lari

American  

[lahr-ee] / ˈlɑr i /

Or laari,

noun

lari, plural laris plural

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

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lari British  

/ lɑːrɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• lari
  plural
• laris
  plural

Etymology

Origin of lari

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

See Examples For:

lari laris

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

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025

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.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2018

This investment is hampered in a time of financial crisis, with the Georgian lari losing nearly half its value against the U.S. dollar since 2014.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2016

Before long, the man beckoned us in for a close-up look and a free hot loaf of puri, a puffy flatbread — value, half a lari.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2015

Sahaya lari, I run, or I was running.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir

I cannot find any meaning but this, which even kindness and reverence can give to the term "vetiti laris," a habitation from which he is excluded; or how exile can be otherwise interpreted.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel