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4-letter words (7 found)

ARIL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RAIL,RIAL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,AIR,LAR,RAI,RIA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,

You can make 17 words from lari according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lari

lari

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari, “lari”).

Noun

lari (plural lari or laris)

  1. The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lari (plural lari or laris)

  1. Alternative form of laari (“currency of Maldives”).

Etymology 3

Noun

lari

  1. plural of larin

Anagrams

  • Lair, aril, lair, liar, lira, rail, rial

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari, “lari”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɾi/ [la.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
  • Hyphenation: la‧ri

Noun

lari inan

  1. (numismatics) lari

Declension

Further reading

  • “lari”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑri/, [ˈlɑ̝ri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • Syllabification(key): la‧ri
  • Hyphenation(key): la‧ri

Etymology 1

< Georgian ლარი (lari)

Noun

lari

  1. lari (national currency of Georgia)
Declension

Further reading

  • “1. lari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-06-29

Etymology 2

< taxonomic name lar; see English lar gibbon

Noun

lari

  1. lar gibbon, lar, common gibbon, white-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar
Declension
Synonyms
  • valkokäsigibboni (archaic)

Further reading

  • “2. lari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-06-29

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin latro.

Noun

lari m (plural laris)

  1. thief, burglar

Related terms

  • ladron

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French la rue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɣi/

Noun

lari

  1. street

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ri/
  • Rhymes: -ri
  • Hyphenation: la‧ri

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay lari, from Proto-Malayic *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laʀiw, from Proto-Austronesian *laʀiw.

Verb

lari (active berlari)

  1. (intransitive) to run (to move swiftly)
    1. to move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot
    2. to go at a fast pace; to move quickly
    4. to compete in a race
    5. to flee from a danger or towards help
  2. (intransitive) to run away
    1. to flee by running
    2. to leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile
  3. (intransitive, rare) to slide (to move on a low-friction surface)
    Synonym: bergeser
Conjugation

Noun

lari (uncountable)

  1. (usually with -nya) running direction
  2. (colloquial, rare) length of a field

Adjective

lari (comparative lebih lari, superlative paling lari)

  1. (figuratively) to gone (away, having left)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari).

Noun

lari

  1. lari (the national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri)

Further reading

  • “lari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
  • “berlari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *laRiw

Italian

Noun

lari m (invariable)

  1. household gods
  2. household deities

See also

  • penati

Anagrams

  • Arli, lira

Laboya

Preposition

lari

  1. in, inside

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “lari”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 59

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫa.riː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.ri]

Noun

larī

  1. inflection of larus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Lindu

Noun

lari

  1. root (of a plant)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laʀiw, from Proto-Austronesian *laʀiw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lari/
  • Rhymes: -i

Verb

lari (Jawi spelling لاري)

  1. to run (to move quickly on two feet)
  2. to escape
  3. to leave (a place, a job, etc) without permission
    Synonym: tinggal

Noun

lari (Jawi spelling لاري, plural lari-lari)

  1. direction
    Synonyms: arah, hala, haluan
  2. speed
    Synonyms: kecepatan, kelajuan

Derived terms

Affixations

Compounds

Further reading

  • “lari” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *laRiw

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz. Akin to Old English ġelære.

Adjective

lāri

  1. empty

Wageman

Noun

lari

  1. arm
  2. creek
  3. root
  4. shirt

Source: wiktionary.org