Standard Lemma guide

har

intj · name · noun · particle · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation:
  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɑː/
  • General-American: här
  • General-American: /hɑɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

A sound of laughter, sometimes with a sarcastic connotation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Hari.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A hinge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Acronym of human accelerated region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Qualifier: evolutionary theory

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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5

particle

Meaning 5

Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Abbreviation or ellipsis of Sanskrit हरि (hari)

Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, 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”).

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hân).