hari

Pronunciation: /ˈhari/

“hari” is a Malay word. Its meaning in English:

noun

day: A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi. Cognate with Iban hari; almost sounds like Tagalog araw (“day, sun”) and Māori rā (“day, sun”). First attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as 𑼅𑼬𑼶 (ari). According to Adelaar (1992), the intrusive h- was added to prevent vowel clusters in words such as *mata ari > matahari…

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