har

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

English

Pronunciation

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• 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

• harr, harre

Noun

har (plural hars)

1. (dialectal) A hinge.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• hardy har har

Interjection

har

1. A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.
   • 1995, Rare, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Nintendo, →OCLC, SNES, scene: Pirate Panic:

     I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har!

   • 2014, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Armor Outpost:

     Armorer: 'THIS BE THE AERIAL ANVIL! NEED AN ARMOR UPGRADE? IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FORGED, I'M YOUR FELLA! HAR HAR!'

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

Particle

har

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

See also

• har gow (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• Ahr, RHA, rah

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German har.

Adverb

har

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

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

har

1. worm, caterpillar

See also

• arr
• beldar
• zizare

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• haar (Sette Comuni)

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

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Verb

har

1. present of have

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑr/
• Hyphenation: har
• Rhymes: -ɑr

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

• her

Related terms

• hagar (“thither”)
• haðani

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

• IPA^(key): /hár/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hár]

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

• IPA^(key): /haɾˠ/

Noun

har

1. h-prothesized form of ar

Karaim

Determiner

har

1. every
2. each

References

• dnathan.com

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

• IPA^(key): /hɑːɾ/

Verb

har

1. present of ha

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/

Verb

har

1. present of ha

Occitan

Alternative forms

• faire
• hèser (Gascony)

Pronunciation

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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
  • Dutch: haar

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

• IPA^(key): /xɑːr/, [hɑːr]

Adjective

hār

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• hār steorra

Descendants

• Middle English: hor
  • English: hoar
  • Scots: hare, hair

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːr/

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

• Middle High German: hār
  • Alemannic German: Härre

    Swabian: Hoar

    Walser: haar, hoar, hoor, hàre

  • Bavarian: hoor

    Cimbrian: har, haar

    Mòcheno: hor

  • Central Franconian: Hoor
  • German: Haar
  • Luxembourgish: Hoer
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Haar

  • Yiddish: האָר (hor)

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

hār n

1. hair

Declension

  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

Descendants

• Swedish: hår

Phalura

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /har/

Determiner

har (Perso-Arabic spelling ہر)

1. every

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], 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

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

Related terms

• harnic

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

• IPA^(key): /hɑːr/

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

• IPA^(key): /har/

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 (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