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{{also|Harp}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|harpe}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hearpe||harp}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*harpā}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*harpǭ||harp}}. Cognate with {{cog|sco|hairp||harp}}, {{cog|fy|harpe}}, {{m|fy|harp||harp}}, {{cog|nds|Harp||harp}}, {{cog|nl|harp||harp}}, {{cog|de|Harfe||harp}}, {{cog|da|harpe||harp}}, {{cog|sv|harpa||harp}}.
[[Image:Harpist playing.jpg|thumb|A woman playing a harp.]]
[[File:Lamp harp with fluorescent bulb.jpg|thumb|Lamp harp with fluorescent bulb]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/hɑːp/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/hɑɹp/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑː(ɹ)p|s=1}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harp.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q47369}}{{lb|en|string instrument}} A [[musical instrument]] consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with [[string]]s of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the [[soundboard]] when viewed from the end of the body
#* {{quote-book|en|author=William Cornishe [''i.e.'', {{w|William Cornysh}}]|chapter=In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng [[w:Henry VII of England|Henry the VII.]] His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.|mainauthor=w:John Skelton|editor=[[w:John Stow|J[ohn] S[tow]]]|title=Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate|location=Imprinted at London: In [[w:Fleet Street|Fletestreate]], neare vnto [[w:St Dunstan-in-the-West |Saint Dunstones Churche]] by Thomas Marshe|year=1568|oclc=54747393|title2=Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth|location2=London|publisher2=Printed for C. Davis in [[w:Paternoster Row|Pater-noster Row]]|year2=1736|page2=290|pageurl2=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ry8JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA290|oclc2=731569711|passage=''The Harpe.'' {{...}} A harper with his [[wrest#Noun|wreſt]] maye tune the '''harpe''' wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge}}
## Any instrument of the same musicological type.
# {{lb|en|music|colloquial}} Any musical instrument.
## A [[harmonica]].
## A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a [[theatre organ]].
# {{lb|en|Scotland}} A [[grain]] [[sieve]].
# The component of a [[lamp]] to which one [[attach]]es the [[lampshade]], consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the [[finial]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1960|journal=School Shop|volume=20|page=36
|passage=Contains charts and instructions for wiring. Shows sockets, wire, '''harps''', glass chimneys and globes, shade holders, bases, finials, and hundreds of items necessary in the building of lamps.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1991|author=Kalton C. Lahue; Cheryl Smith|title=Interior Lighting|page=104
|passage=Both types of '''harp''' have a swiveling shade holder at the top. The threaded stud on the swivel accepts the finial.}}
# {{short for|en|harp seal}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=John Gimlette|title=Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador|page=225
|passage=More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and '''harps'''.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|glee-beam}}

====Hyponyms====
{{col4|en|aeolian harp
|angle harp
|angular harp
|arch harp
|autoharp
|bow harp
|claviharp
|electric harp
|frame harp
|French harp
|glass harp
|harp guitar
|harp of David
|King David's harp
|harpsichord
|Indian harp
|jaw harp
|Jew's harp
|Judaic harp
|juice harp
|mouth harp
|open harp
|pillar harp
|sacred harp
|triangular harp
|triple harp
|vibraharp
|wind harp
}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en
|arched harp|Celtic harp|harp closure|harp guitarist|harp holder|harp on|harp on one string|harp on the same string|harp shackle|harp shell|harp snail|harp-guitar|harp-guitarist|Harp Island|harp-player|jaw's harp|Jaw's harp|jaws harp|jaws' harp|Jaws'-harp|Jaws-harp|jaws-harp|jew harp|jew's harp|Jew's-harp|jewes harp|Jewes harp|Jewes-harp|Jews harp|jews harp|Jews' harp|Jews'-harp|jews'-harp|jews-harp|Jews-harp|Kafir harp|lamp harp|laser harp|Welsh harp|æolian harp
|harpist
|harper
|Harper
|Harp
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|harp seal}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|musical instrument}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|harpë|f}}, {{t|sq|jongan|m}},
* Amharic: {{t|am|በገና}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|قِيثَارَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|هارب|m|tr=harb}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տավիղ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|arpa|f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|а́рфа|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|telenn|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|а́рфа|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|စောင်း}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|arpa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|豎琴|tr=syu6 kam4}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|豎琴|tr=su-khìm}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|徛琴|tr=khiā-khîm}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|豎琴|tr=shùqín}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|telyn|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|harfa|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|harpe}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|harp|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|harpo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|harf}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|harpa|f}}, {{t|fo|hørpa|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|harppu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|harpe|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|arpe|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|arpa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|არფა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Harfe|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άρπα|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נֵבֶל}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|arpa|alt=árpa}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|वीणा|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hárfa}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|harpa}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|harpa}}
* Ingrian:  {{t-needed|izh}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|cláirseach|f}}, {{t+|ga|cruit|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|arpa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ハープ|sc=Jpan|tr=hāpu}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|ятх}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ពិណ|tr=pɨn|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|하프}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|арфа}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sambuca|f}}, {{t|la|harpa|f}}, {{t|la|psalterium|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|arfa|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|arfa|f}}
* Low German: {{t|nds|Harp}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|харфа|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t|mg|dokanga}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|harpa}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ഹാർപ്പ്}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hāpa}}, {{t|mi|aurau}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|तुणतुणे|m}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|harpe|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|harpe|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|harpe|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|چنك|tr=çenk}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|چنگ|tr=čang}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Hoap|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|harfa|f}}, {{t+|pl|arfa|f}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|harpa|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|harfă|f}}, {{t+|ro|harpă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|а́рфа|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|clàrsach|f}}, {{t|gd|troman|m}}, {{t|gd|troman-ciùil|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|харфа|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|harfa|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|harfa|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|harfa|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|harfa|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|harfa|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|arpa|f}}, {{t|es|harpa|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|kinubi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|harpa|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|alpa}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|హార్ప్}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ฮาร์ป}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|በገና}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|arp}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎋𐎐𐎗}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|а́рфа|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بربط}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|arfa}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|thụ cầm}}, {{t|vi|hạc cầm}}, {{t|vi|đàn hạc}}, {{t|vi|đàn harp}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|telyn|f}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|האַרפֿע|f}}, {{t|yi|האַרף|m|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|lyre}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|derogatory|usually with ''on''}} To repeatedly [[mention]] a subject, especially so as to [[nag]] or [[complain]].
#: {{ux|en|Why do you '''harp on''' a single small mistake?}} {{q|US}}
#: {{ux|en|Why do you '''harp on''' about a single small mistake?}} {{q|UK}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[play]] on (a harp or similar instrument).
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To play (a tune) on the harp.
# {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|IV|iv|passage=Thou '''harped''' my fear aright.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|keep on}} about
* {{l|en|perseverate}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to repeatedly mention a subject}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|опявам}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|doordrammen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|jankuttaa}}
* German: {{t|de|auf (etwas) [[herumreiten]]}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|くどくど言う|tr=kudokudoiu|sc=Jpan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kunanu}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tjata}}, {{t+|sv|älta}}, {{t+|sv|mala}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|ısrarla belirtmek}}, {{qualifier|bir şeyin}} {{t|tr|ısrarla üzerinde durmak}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===References===
* 2013. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6oraBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA331&dq=%22harp+family%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCGoVChMI043r0abDxwIVwVQ-Ch1WcARV#v=onepage&q=%22harp%20family%22&f=false ''The Physics of Musical Instruments''.] Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing. Pg. 331.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ahpr|PHAR}}

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==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|harpe}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|*harpa}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*harpǭ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|nl|ɑrp|s=1}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-harp.ogg}}
* {{IPA|nl|/ɦɑrp/}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|g2=m|-en|+}}

# {{l|en|harp}}

{{C|nl|Musical instruments}}

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tr|ota|حرب|tr=harb}}, borrowed from {{der|tr|ar|حَرْب}}.
{{root|tr|ar|ح ر ب}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/hɑɾʲp/}}
* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-harp.wav}}

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|harbi|ler}}

# {{lb|tr|archaic}} [[war]]
#: {{syn|tr|savaş}}
#* {{quote-journal|tr|date=June 23, 1941|journal=Yenigün|url=http://nek.istanbul.edu.tr:4444/ekos/GAZETE/yenigun/yenigun_1941/yenigun_1941_haziran_/yenigun_1941_haziran_23_.pdf|passage=Alman-Rus '''harbinde''' bitaraf kalacağız|t=We will remain neutral in the German-Russian '''war'''}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|tr|Büyük Harp}}
* {{l|tr|Cihan Harbi}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|tr|harbî|t=military}}
* {{l|tr|harbiye}}

==Turkmen==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|tk|ar|حَرْف}}. {{root|tk|ar|ح ر ف}}

===Noun===
{{tk-noun|y|lar}}

# [[letter]] {{qualifier|of an alphabet}}

====Declension====
{{tk-decl-noun-auto|a|c}}