Etymology

lijerica

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Today it means: A musical instrument from the Croatian region of Dalmatia and Croat parts of eastern Herzegovina. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian lijerica ← Ancient Greek λύρα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλύρα“lyra”
  2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromlijerica
  3. English todaylijerica

From Serbo-Croatian lijerica, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “lyra”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλύρα all →

liralyra

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.