har
Pronunciation: /hɑː/
The English word “har” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A hinge.
interjection
- A sound of laughter, sometimes with a sarcastic connotation.
Etymology
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”).
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