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From ha-(“interrogative stem”) + ara(“space, place”).[1]ha- is inherited from Proto-Turkic*ka-. For similar formations, see havaxt(“when”) and hayan(“which side, where, which direction”), from vaxt(“time”) and yan(“side”).
what is X doing in Y?; It is quite unexpected to see X in Y
Sən hara, bura hara?
What are you doing here? It is very unexpected to see you here.
(literally, “Where are you, where is this place?”)
X is completely unfit/inappropriate for Y
Toy hara, şortik geymək hara?
It is completely inappropriate to wear shorts on a wedding.
(literally, “Where is wedding, where are shorts?”)
X is completely different from Y
Beş yaş hara, on yaş hara?
Five-year-olds are completely different ten-year-olds.
(literally, “Where is the age of five, where is the age of ten?”)
References
^ Rezaei, Mehdi (2018) “Ḳa Zamiri ve Onun Türevleri Hakkında Bazı Tespitler [A Few Points About the Pronoun ka and Its Derivatives]”, in Söylem Filoloji Dergisi, volume 3, number 2, pages 272–283
“hara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
“hara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
In traditional society the word was used primarily for an offence from the violation of tapu. With the introduction of Christianity, the meaning widened to include sin and deliberateoffending, and then offending in violation of rules, regulations and the law.
“hara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges), Unpublished
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