Lira

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Italian, from Provençal liura, from Latin libra ‘pound’.


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From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة‎ (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα(líra), and Hebrew לִירָה‎ (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of libra and livre.

From Ukrainian ліра(lira), ultimately related to the Byzantine lyra (Ancient Greek λύρα(lúra)). Doublet of Lyra and lyre.

From Latin līra(“furrow”).

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lira (n.)

Italian monetary unit, 1610s, from Italian lira, literally "pound," from Latin libra "pound (unit of weight);" see Libra, and compare livre. There also was a Turkish lira.