хар

See also: xap and Appendix:Variations of "har"

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡍᠠᠷᠠ (xara), from Proto-Mongolic *kara, ultimately of Turkic origin; see Proto-Turkic *kara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χaˈrə/

Adjective

хар • (xar) (Clear script spelling ᡍᠠᠷᠠ (xara))

1. black

Khakas

Etymology

From Old Turkic qar (“snow”), from Proto-Turkic *kār, *Kiār (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χar/, [χɑr]

Noun

хар • (xar)

1. (meteorology) snow

Declension

Inflection of хар (xar)

	singular	plural
nominative	хар (xar)	харлар (xarlar)
genitive	харның (xarnıñ)	харларның (xarlarnıñ)
dative	харға (xarğa)	харларға (xarlarğa)
accusative	харны (xarnı)	харларны (xarlarnı)
locative	харда (xarda)	харларда (xarlarda)
ablative	хардаң (xardañ)	харлардаң (xarlardañ)
lative	харзар (xarzar)	харларзар (xarlarzar)
instrumental	харнаң (xarnañ)	харларнаң (xarlarnañ)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kara (“black”); compare Buryat хара (xara), Kalmyk хар (xar), Daur xara. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”), whence also Turkish kara and Uyghur قارا (qara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χar̊]

Adjective

хар • (xar) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ (qar-a))

1. black (color)

Derived terms

• хар гэр (xar ger, “jail, prison”)
• хар зах (xar zax, “black market”)
• хар тугалга (xar tugalga, “lead (metal)”)
• хар хэрээ (xar xeree, “raven”)

Tajik

Dari	خر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хар

Etymology

Compare Persian خر (xar) from Middle Persian hl.

Noun

хар • (xar)

1. donkey, ass

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *kərə, from Proto-Uralic *kurɜ. Cognates include Finnish kuras and Lule Sami gürra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʌr(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: хар

Noun

хар • (xar°)

1. knife

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 155
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “хар”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 18

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”). Cognate with Turkish kar (“snow”).

Noun

хар • (xar) (definite accusative харны, plural харлар)

1. snow
2. age (of someone)

   Мээң харым үжен. ― Meeñ xarım üjen. ― I'm thirty years old.

See also

• чыл (çıl)

Yagnobi

Etymology

From Tajik.

Noun

хар (xar)

1. donkey, ass

Yakut

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Verb

хар • (qar)

1. (transitive) to choke (on)
2. (transitive, by extension) to block off

Derived terms

• харыс (qarıs, “to fight, to butt heads”)