har

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English

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (hinge; cardinal point), from Proto-Germanic *herzô (hinge), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (to move, sway, swing, jump). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (hinge), Dutch harre, her, har (hinge), Icelandic hjarri (hinge), Latin cardō (hinge).

Alternative forms

Noun

har (plural hars)

  1. (dialectal) A hinge.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

Interjection

har

  1. A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.

Etymology 3

Particle

har

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) Alternative form of ah (interrogative particle)

See also

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German har.

Adverb

har

  1. (Uri) hither, here (to this place)

References

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

har

  1. worm, caterpillar

See also

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (hair). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

Noun

har n

  1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) hair

References

Danish

Pronunciation

Verb

har

  1. present of have

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch herre, from Old Dutch *herro, from Proto-Germanic *herzô.

Noun

har f (plural harren)

  1. (dated) hinge
    Synonym: scharnier

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

har f (plural harren, diminutive harretje n)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly diminutive) gap, narrow opening (especially of doors, windows and hatches)
    Synonym: kier

Faroese

Adverb

har (not comparable)

  1. there

Antonyms

Related terms

Hausa

Etymology

Uncertain. The word is widespread in the Sahel, but may ultimately be from either Tuareg har (until) or Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, until).

Pronunciation

Preposition

har̃

  1. until, up to
  2. even, including

Conjunction

har̃

  1. until
  2. even though, despite

References

  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

har

  1. h-prothesized form of ar

Karaim

Determiner

har

  1. every
  2. each

References

Koyra Chiini

Noun

har

  1. man

References

  • Jeffrey Heath, A Grammar of Koyra Chiini: The Songhay of Timbuktu

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

har

  1. Alternative form of herre (hinge)

Etymology 2

Noun

har

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 3

Noun

har (plural hares)

  1. Alternative form of hare (hare)

Etymology 4

Noun

har (plural haren)

  1. Alternative form of here (army)

Etymology 5

Interjection

har

  1. Alternative form of harou (a call of distress)

Etymology 6

Adjective

har

  1. Alternative form of hor (hoar)

Etymology 7

Determiner

har

  1. (chiefly West Midlands, Kent) Alternative form of here (their)

Etymology 8

Verb

har

  1. Alternative form of heren (to hear)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

har

  1. present of ha

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Verb

har

  1. present of ha

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

har (Gascony)

  1. to make

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 77.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hār.

Noun

hār n

  1. hair

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hâer

Further reading

  • hār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hairaz, from Proto-Indo-European *key-, *koy-. Cognate with Old High German hēr (German hehr (august, holy)), Old Norse hárr (grey), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, torch), Old Saxon hēr. Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit केतु (ketu, light, torch).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hār

  1. grey
  2. grey-haired, old and grey, venerable

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hairaz (grey). Cognates include Old English hār and Old High German hēr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hār

  1. honourable

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (rough hair, bristle).

Compare Old Saxon hār, Old English her, hǣr, Old Norse hár.

Noun

hār n

  1. hair

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.

Noun

hār n

  1. hair

Declension

Descendants

Phalura

Etymology

From Urdu ہر (har), from Persian .

Pronunciation

Determiner

har (Perso-Arabic spelling ہر)

  1. every

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic харь (xarĭ), from Greek χάρις (cháris).

Noun

har n (plural haruri)

  1. grace

Declension

Related terms

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk har, present of ha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑːr/ (Norwegian accent)
  • IPA(key): /xarʲ/ (Russian accent)

Verb

har

  1. have, has
    Synonym: imej

Sumerian

Romanization

har

  1. Romanization of 𒄯 (ḫar)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

har

  1. present indicative of ha

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هر (har).

Determiner

har

  1. each
  2. every
  3. any

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hire, from Proto-Germanic *hezōi, dative singular feminine of *hiz (this).

Pronunciation

Determiner

har

  1. her (third-person singular feminine possessive determiner)

Determiner

har

  1. their (third-person plural possessive determiner)
    Synonym: harren

Pronoun

har

  1. object of sy (she)

Pronoun

har

  1. object of sy (they)

Yola

Noun

har

  1. Alternative form of harr
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:
      Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' har.
      J——N—— put his nose out of socket.

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 98