hor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hor"

Translingual

Symbol

hor

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Horo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Horo terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Newcastle) IPA^(key): /høː/, /hɔː/

Pronoun

hor (personal pronoun)

1. (Geordie) her

References

• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “hor”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 September 2024.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho², interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore)
  • IPA^(key): (Sense 1) /hɔː˨˩/, /hɔː˨/, [hɔˑ˨]
  • IPA^(key): (Senses 2, 3) /hɔː˨˦/
  • Sometimes nasalized, and the initial /h/ may be elided.

Particle

hor (Singlish, Singapore, clause-final discourse particle)

2. (declarative or imperative) Used with directives and statements to assert that something should be kept in mind or taken note of.

   Pitch contour: low-mid [hɔˑ˨] or low-dipping [hɔˑ˨˩]

   Synonym: (less assertive) ah (sense 3)

   Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor. ― Don’t spout nonsense, it wasn’t my fault, alright?

   We will be renting bikes hor. ― If you weren’t aware—we’ll be renting bikes.

   The store closes at 8 p.m. hor, if you want to go, you better go now.

   • 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, pages 3–4, lines 55–56:

     Oh. That’s me. I see you later, hor, Jackson. You got my number right?

   • 2005, Der Zählmeister, soc.culture.singapore‎^[3] (Usenet):

     sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.

   • 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2‎^[4]:

     […] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").

   1. Indicates an attempt at seeking approval from the listener.

      Pitch contour: low-mid [hɔˑ˨] or low-dipping [hɔˑ˨˩]

      Synonym: (less assertive) ah (sense 3)

      I’ll eat all the sweets hor. ― I’ll eat all the sweets if you don’t mind.

4. (interrogative) An invariant question tag used to invite agreement or confirmation.

   Pitch contour: rising [hɔˑ˨˦]

   Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, isn’t it?

   • 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times:

     Wah, you quite brave hor...

5. A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

   Pitch contour: rising [hɔˑ˨˦]

   Synonym: (Singlish) ah

   ....then hor... ― ...and then...

   • 2005, Tan Kok Beng, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.

   • 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]

Related terms

Discourse particles in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English
⟵ More assertiveLess assertive ⟶
Objection	what	Assertive emphasis	lah1–14	Self-evident answer	lor2–3	Resignation	lor1, ah6	Uncertainty	leh1–2
Self-evident reason	mah	Declarative emphasis	leh3–6, one1–3, hor1, know, nia, only	Discontent; shock; coarseness	sia	Agreement-seeking	hor2	Confirmation-seeking	ah1–3, hah1–3
Skepticism	meh			Confident speculation	ba2	Tentative judgment	leh7–11, ba1
Non-pragmatic
Aspectual					liao, already
References Gupta, A. F. (1992), “The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English”, in Journal of Pragmatics, volume 18, number 1, →DOI

See also

• Appendix:English tag questions

References

• Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005), English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
• Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004), “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

Anagrams

• rho, HRO, ROH, Roh, Rho, orh

Basque

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hor/ [hor]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /or/ [or]
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: hor

Adverb

hor (not comparable)

1. there (near the listener)

See also

• hemen, han

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhor/

Noun

hor anim

1. (Soule) alternative form of or

Further reading

• “or”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Breton

Determiner

hor

1. our

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦor]

Noun

hor f

1. genitive plural of hora

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish hor, from Old Norse hór.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːr/, [hoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)

1. (dated) adultery
2. lechery, whoring, fornication

Declension

Declension of hor

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hor	horet
genitive	hors	horets

Derived terms

• horkarl

Verb

hor

1. imperative of hore

References

• “hor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation from horretje, by assimilation from hordetje, diminutive of horde (“sieve; braided wooden lattice, wattle screen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

1. insect screen

   Hyponym: klamboe

Derived terms

• muggenhor

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hor¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• hor (gaas) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɔːr]
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural) or
hor n (genitive singular hors, no plural)

1. snot, mucus (from the nose)

Declension

Declension of hor (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hor	horinn
accusative	hor	horinn
dative	hor	hornum
genitive	hors	horsins

Declension of hor (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hor	horið
accusative	hor	horið
dative	hori	horinu
genitive	hors	horsins

Derived terms

• hordigull
• hornös

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”). Compare Latin gracilis (“lean”).

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

1. emaciation

   Synonym: megurð

2. famine

Declension

Declension of hor (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hor	horinn
accusative	hor	horinn
dative	hor	hornum
genitive	hors	horsins

Derived terms

Derived terms

• deyja úr hor
• fara úr hor
• horast

  horast niður

• horaður
• hordálkur
• hordauði
• horfalla
• horfellir
• horgrind
• hornál
• horrengla
• horrim

  hanga á horriminni

• horvatn
• horblaðka/horblaka
• horbrölt
• horböng
• horgemlingur
• horkóngur
• horkrangi
• horkroppur
• horleggur

  standa ekki á horleggjum/vera ekki á horleggjum

• horlopi
• hormosi
• horugur
• horpungur

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꎸ (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan ཤ (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xo²¹]

Noun

hor

1. (Yao'an) meat

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēr.

Noun

hor

1. alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 2

From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

Alternative forms

• hore, hoare, hoer, hoere, hoor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔ̝ːr/

Adjective

hor

1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
2. Having white or gray hair.
3. Old, advanced in age.

Related terms

• horehoune
• horen
• hornesse
• horynesse

Descendants

• English: hoar
• Scots: hare, hair

References

• “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Noun

hor

1. An elderly person; a senior.
2. Old age; elderliness.

Descendants

• English: hoar
• Scots: hare, hair

References

• “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hor

1. alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

hor

1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

Noun

hor

1. alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Etymology 6

Noun

hor

1. alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

Noun

hor n

1. 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

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

Noun

hōr n

1. adultery

Declension

Declension of hōr (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hōr	hōrit	hōr	hōrin
accusative	hōr	hōrit	hōr	hōrin
dative	hōri, hōre	hōrinu, hōreno	hōrum, hōrom	hōrumin, hōromen
genitive	hōrs	hōrsins	hōra	hōranna

Descendants

• Swedish: hor

Romanian

Noun

hor n (plural horuri)

1. obsolete form of cor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hor	horul	horuri	horurile
genitive-dative	hor	horului	horuri	horurilor
vocative	horule		horurilor

References

• hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

Noun

hȏr m inan (Cyrillic spelling хо̑р)

1. chorus
2. choir

Somali

Noun

hor f

1. front
2. start, beginning
3. before
4. first

References

• Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 207

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”). Related to English whore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːr/

Noun

hor n (uncountable)

1. (archaic) adultery, fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality): begå hor “commit adultery”

   Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.

   She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

Declension

Declension of hor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hor	hors
	definite	horet	horets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• hora
• horbock
• horeri
• horhund
• horhus
• horkarl
• hortuta
• horunge

See also

• äktenskapsbrott

References

• “hor”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “hor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خور (hor), from Classical Persian خْوَار (xwār).

Adjective

hor

1. contemptible, low
2. contemptuous, scornful, douchey

Declension

Predicative forms of hor

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	horum	hor muyum?
sen (you are)	horsun	hor musun?
o (he/she/it is)	hor / hordur	hor mu?
biz (we are)	horuz	hor muyuz?
siz (you are)	horsunuz	hor musunuz?
onlar (they are)	hor(lar)	hor(lar) mı?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	hordum	hor muydum?
sen (you were)	hordun	hor muydun?
o (he/she/it was)	hordu	hor muydu?
biz (we were)	horduk	hor muyduk?
siz (you were)	hordunuz	hor muydunuz?
onlar (they were)	hordular	hor muydular?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	hormuşum	hor muymuşum?
sen (you were)	hormuşsun	hor muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was)	hormuş	hor muymuş?
biz (we were)	hormuşuz	hor muymuşuz?
siz (you were)	hormuşsunuz	hor muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were)	hormuşlar	hor muymuşlar?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	horsam	hor muysam?
sen (if you)	horsan	hor muysan?
o (if he/she/it)	horsa	hor muysa?
biz (if we)	horsak	hor muysak?
siz (if you)	horsanız	hor muysanız?
onlar (if they)	horsalar	hor muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• hor görmek ("to look down on")

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَار (xwār). Doublet of har (“neglected, disregarded, ignored, scorned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χoːɾ/

Adjective

hōr (comparative hōrrak, superlative iň hōr)

1. thin, lean, skinny, slim, scrawny
2. poor

Derived terms

• hor-zar (“impoverished, needy”)
• horlamak (“to torment, mock, ridicule”)
• horlanmak (“to become thin, to become weak, lose weight; to suffer, experience distress; to need, want, be in need (of), be in want”)
• horluk (“suffering, distress, torment, torture, pangs; leanness, thinness, emaciation”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian хор (xor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χoɾ/

Noun

hor (definite accusative hory, plural horlar)

1. choir, chorus

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χoɾ/

Noun

hor (definite accusative hory, plural horlar)

1. snore

Derived terms

• horlamak (“to snore”)

Further reading

• “hor” in Enedilim.com
• “hor” in Webonary.org

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoɾ]
• Hyphenation: hor

Noun

hor m

1. alternative form of hewr