harry

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹi/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhaɹɪj/
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• US: /ˈhæɹi/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈhɛɹi/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• Scotland: /ˈhaɾe/
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• Scotland: /-ɾɪ/
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• Scotland: /-ɾi/
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• Wales: /ˈhaɾi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈhɛɹi/
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• homophone: harry
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• homophone: hairy (only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)
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• rhymes with -æɹi
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• homophone: Harry
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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

Related to Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi, “bone”).

From Middle English herien, harien, from Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną, from *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker- (“army”). Cognates See also Walloon hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”)). More at here (“army”). Compare typologically Latin populor.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَارِي (hārī) — male given name
• Belarusian: Га́ры (Háry) — male given name
• Bengali: হ্যারি (hêri) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Ха́ри (Hári) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈里 (Hǎlǐ) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈利 (Hālì) — male given name
• Danish: Harry — male given name
• Dhivehi: ހެރީ (herī) — male given name
• Esperanto: Hari — male given name
• Finnish: Harri — male given name
• French: Harry — male given name
• Georgian: ჰარი (hari) — male given name
• German: Harry — male given name
• Greek: Χάρι (Chári) — male given name
• Greek: Χάρης (Cháris) — male given name
• Hebrew: הארי — male given name
• Hindi: हैरी (hairī) — male given name
• Japanese: ハリー (Harī) — male given name
• Kapampangan: Árî — male given name
• Kapampangan: Hárî — male given name
• Kashmiri: ہیری (hyrī) — male given name
• Korean: 해리 (Haeri) — male given name
• Latin: Harrius — male given name
• Latin: Henrīcus — male given name
• Latvian: Harijs — male given name
• Low German: Harry — male given name
• Macedonian: Хари (Hari) — male given name
• Māori: Hare — male given name
• Mongolian: Харри (Xarri) — male given name
• Persian: هری (hari) — male given name
• Portuguese: Harry — male given name
• Russian: Га́рри (Gárri) — male given name
• Russian: Ха́рри (Xárri) — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Хари — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Harry — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Hari — male given name
• Swedish: Harry — male given name
• Thai: แฮร์รี่ (hae-rêe) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Га́ррі (Hárri) — male given name
• Uyghur: خاررى (xarri) — male given name
• Welsh: Harri — male given name
• Yiddish: האַרי (hari) — male given name
• Bulgarian: безпокоя (bezpokoja) — To bother; to trouble
• Czech: otravovat — To bother; to trouble
• Czech: obtěžovat — To bother; to trouble
• Czech: dotírat — To bother; to trouble
• Māori: whakakūrakuraku — To bother; to trouble
• Polish: dręczyć — To bother; to trouble
• Polish: zadręczać — To bother; to trouble
• Polish: zadręczyć — To bother; to trouble
• Bulgarian: опустошавам (opustošavam) — To strip; to lay waste
• Irish: creach — To strip; to lay waste
• Polish: dewastować — To strip; to lay waste
• Polish: zdewastować — To strip; to lay waste
• Ukrainian: плюндрувати (pljundruvaty) — To strip; to lay waste
• Ukrainian: спустошувати (spustošuvaty) — To strip; to lay waste