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har

See also: Har, hár, Hár, hār, här, hår, and Appendix:Variations of "har"

English

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  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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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”).

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Noun

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har (plural hars)

  1. (dialectal) A hinge.

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic.

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Interjection

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har

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

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

Particle

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har

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

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Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German har.

Adverb

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har

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

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Basque

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Noun

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har

  1. worm, caterpillar

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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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

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har n

  1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) hair

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Danish

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Verb

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har

  1. present of have

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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har f (plural harren)

  1. (dated) hinge
    Synonym: scharnier

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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har f (plural harren, diminutive harretje n)

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

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Adverb

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har (not comparable)

  1. there

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Hausa

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Etymology

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

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Preposition

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har̃

  1. until, up to
  2. even, including

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har̃

  1. until
  2. even though, despite

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

Irish

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Noun

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har

  1. h-prothesized form of ar

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Determiner

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har

  1. every
  2. each

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Koyra Chiini

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Noun

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har

  1. man

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

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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har

  1. Alternative form of herre (“hinge”)

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Noun

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har

  1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

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Noun

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har (plural hares)

  1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

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Noun

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har (plural haren)

  1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

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Interjection

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har

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

Etymology 6

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Adjective

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har

  1. Alternative form of hor (“hoar”)

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Determiner

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har

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

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Verb

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har

  1. Alternative form of heren (“to hear”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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har

  1. present of ha

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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har

  1. present of ha

Occitan

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Verb

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har (Gascony)

  1. to make

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References

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

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hār.

Noun

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hār n

  1. hair

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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  • Middle Dutch: hâer

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  • “hār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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From Proto-West Germanic *hair, 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”).

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Adjective

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hār

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

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Declension of hār — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hār hār hār
Accusative hārne hāre hār
Genitive hāres hārre hāres
Dative hārum hārre hārum
Instrumental hāre hārre hāre
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hāre hāra, hāre hār
Accusative hāre hāra, hāre hār
Genitive hārra hārra hārra
Dative hārum hārum hārum
Instrumental hārum hārum hārum
Declension of hār — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hāra hāre hāre
Accusative hāran hāran hāre
Genitive hāran hāran hāran
Dative hāran hāran hāran
Instrumental hāran hāran hāran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hāran hāran hāran
Accusative hāran hāran hāran
Genitive hārra, hārena hārra, hārena hārra, hārena
Dative hārum hārum hārum
Instrumental hārum hārum hārum

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hair (“grey”). Cognates include Old English hār and Old High German hēr.

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Adjective

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hār

  1. honourable

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

Old High German

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Etymology

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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.

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hār n

  1. hair

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

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hār n

  1. hair

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  Declension of har (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hār hārit hār hārin
accusative hār hārit hār hārin
dative hāri, hāre hārinu, hāreno hārum, hārom hārumin, hāromen
genitive hārs hārsins hāra hāranna

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Phalura

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Etymology

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From Urdu ہر (har), from Persian [Term?].

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har (Perso-Arabic spelling ہر)

  1. every

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  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Romanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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har n (plural haruri)

  1. grace

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Declension of har
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) har harul (niște) haruri harurile
genitive/dative (unui) har harului (unor) haruri harurilor
vocative harule harurilor
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Russenorsk

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Etymology

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Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk har, present of ha

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

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har

  1. have, has
    Synonym: imej

Sumerian

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Romanization

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har

  1. Romanization of 𒄯 (ḫar)

Swedish

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Verb

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har

  1. present indicative of ha

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian هر (har).

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har

  1. each
  2. every
  3. any

West Frisian

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Etymology

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

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Determiner

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har

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

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har

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

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har

  1. object of sy (“she”)

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har

  1. object of sy (“they”)

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Noun

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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.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 98
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