лира

• IPA^(key): [ˈlirɐ]
• Rhymes: -irɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ли‧ра

Derived from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra). First attested in 1865.

ли́ра • (líra) f

1. (music) lyre (an ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke)
2. lyrebird (Australian songbird of the genus Menura)

• “лира¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

ли́ра • (líra) f

1. (numismatics) lira

• “лира²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лира”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [ˈliɾa]

лира • (lira) f

1. lyre
2. (economics) lira

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲirə]

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Ultimately from the Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

ли́ра • (líra) f inan (genitive ли́ры, nominative plural ли́ры, genitive plural лир)

1. lyre (a stringed musical instrument)
2. hurdy-gurdy

• ли́рник (lírnik)
• ли́рный (lírnyj)

• ли́рик (lírik), ли́рика (lírika)

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin libra.

ли́ра • (líra) f inan (genitive ли́ры, nominative plural ли́ры, genitive plural лир)

1. (numismatics) lira

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

• IPA^(key): /lîːra/
• Hyphenation: ли‧ра

ли̑ра f (Latin spelling lȋra)

1. lyre

• “лира”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026