har
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - 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”).
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Alternative forms
Interjection
har
- 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!'
See also
- har gow (etymologically unrelated)
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German har.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
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.
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
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑr/
- Hyphenation: har
- Rhymes: -ɑr
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch herre, from Old Dutch *herro, from Proto-Germanic *herzô.
Etymology 2
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Hausa
Etymology
Uncertain. The word is widespread in the Sahel, but may ultimately be from either Tuareg har (“until”) or Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, “until”).
References
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
Koyra Chiini
References
- Jeffrey Heath, A Grammar of Koyra Chiini: The Songhay of Timbuktu
Middle English
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Gascon) (file)
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.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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]
Declension
Derived terms
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognates include Old English hār and Old High German hēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːr/
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”).
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: hår
Phalura
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /har/
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic харь (xarĭ), from Greek χάρις (cháris).
Declension
Related terms
Russenorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk har, present of ha
Sumerian
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hire, from Proto-Germanic *hezōi, dative singular feminine of *hiz (“this”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /har/
Yola
Noun
har
- 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