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:hä
Received-Pronunciation:/hɑː/
General-American:här
General-American:/hɑɹ/
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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
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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”).