لاری

See also: لاري

Persian

Etymology 1

From لار (lâr, Lar, a Persian town that according to tradition would have been the first to produce the coin) +‎ ـی (-i).

Noun

لاری • (lâri)

  1. (historical) a Persian silver coin
Descendants
  • Dhivehi: ލާރި (lāri)
    • English: laari
  • ? Georgian: ლარი (lari)

Etymology 2

From English lorry.

Noun

لاری • (lārī)

  1. (Dari) lorry, truck

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

    Borrowed from English lorry.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    لاری • (lārīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਰੀ)

    1. truck; lorry
      • 1999, Afzal Tausif, من دیاں وستیاں [man dīyāṉ vastīyāṉ], page 66:
        لاریاں وچ لد کے باہر جاندا۔
        lārīyāṉ vicc ladd ke bāhar jāndā.
        He goes out after loading the trucks.
    2. bus
      لاری اَڈَّہ
      lārī aḍḍah
      Bus station

    Declension

    Declension of لاری
    singular plural
    direct لاری (lārī) لارِیاں (lārīyāṉ)
    oblique لاری (lārī) لارِیاں (lārīyāṉ)
    vocative لارِیے (lāriye) لارِیو (lārīv)
    ablative لارِیوں (lārīvṉ) لارِیاں (lārīyāṉ)
    locative
    instrumental

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لاری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لاری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • ਲਾਰੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025