hara

See also: Haara, haara, håra, -håra, Hara, hará, hara-, hárá, and ħara

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һара
Abjad		هارا

Etymology 1

From ha- (“interrogative stem”) +‎ ara (“space, place”). ha- is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ka-. For similar formations, see havaxt (“when”) and hayan (“which side, where, which direction”), from vaxt (“time”) and yan (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɑrɑ]

Adverb

hara

1. where, what place

   Synonyms: hayan, hanı

   Bura haradır? ― What place is this?

   Sən indi haradasan? ― What place are you at now?

   Onlar haraya qaçırlar? ― What place are they running to?

   Bu kitabın axı harası pisdir? ― But, where is this book bad? (literally, “what place of it is bad?”)

2. (colloquial) whereto, to what place

   Synonyms: haraya, hayana

   Hara gedirsən? ― Where are you going?

Declension

Declension of hara
	singular	plural
nominative	hara	haralar
definite accusative	haranı	haraları
dative	haraya	haralara
locative	harada	haralarda
ablative	haradan	haralardan
definite genitive	haranın	haraların

Possessive forms of hara
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	haram	haralarım
sənin (“your”)	haran	haraların
onun (“his/her/its”)	harası	haraları
bizim (“our”)	haramız	haralarımız
sizin (“your”)	haranız	haralarınız
onların (“their”)	harası or haraları	haraları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	haramı	haralarımı
sənin (“your”)	haranı	haralarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	harasını	haralarını
bizim (“our”)	haramızı	haralarımızı
sizin (“your”)	haranızı	haralarınızı
onların (“their”)	harasını or haralarını	haralarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	harama	haralarıma
sənin (“your”)	harana	haralarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	harasına	haralarına
bizim (“our”)	haramıza	haralarımıza
sizin (“your”)	haranıza	haralarınıza
onların (“their”)	harasına or haralarına	haralarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	haramda	haralarımda
sənin (“your”)	haranda	haralarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	harasında	haralarında
bizim (“our”)	haramızda	haralarımızda
sizin (“your”)	haranızda	haralarınızda
onların (“their”)	harasında or haralarında	haralarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	haramdan	haralarımdan
sənin (“your”)	harandan	haralarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	harasından	haralarından
bizim (“our”)	haramızdan	haralarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	haranızdan	haralarınızdan
onların (“their”)	harasından or haralarından	haralarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	haramın	haralarımın
sənin (“your”)	haranın	haralarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	harasının	haralarının
bizim (“our”)	haramızın	haralarımızın
sizin (“your”)	haranızın	haralarınızın
onların (“their”)	harasının or haralarının	haralarının

Derived terms

• harada, harda (“where, at what place”)
  • haradasa, hardasa (“somewhere, at some place”)
• haraya
  • harayasa, harasa (“somewhere, to some place”)

See also

• bura (“here, this place”)
• ora (“there, that place place”)

Etymology 2

From elision of haraya, dative singular of hara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɑrɑ]

Adverb

hara

1. (colloquial) whither, to what place

   Hara gedirsən? ― Where are you going?

Phrase

hara ... hara (idiomatic)

1. what is X doing in Y?; It is quite unexpected to see X in Y

   Sən hara, bura hara?

   What are you doing here? It is very unexpected to see you here.

   (literally, “Where are you, [and] where is this place?”)

2. X is completely unfit/inappropriate for Y

   Toy hara, şortik geymək hara?

   It is completely inappropriate to wear shorts on a wedding.

   (literally, “Where is wedding, [and] where are shorts?”)

3. X is completely different from Y

   Beş yaş hara, on yaş hara?

   Five-year-olds are completely different ten-year-olds.

   (literally, “Where is the age of five, [and] where is the age of ten?”)

Cebuano

Etymology

From hari.

Noun

hara

1. a queen

Faroese

hara

harur

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish hare, from the East Norse reflex of Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛaːɹa/

  Rhymes: -ɛaːɹa

Noun

hara f (genitive singular haru, plural harur)

1. hare (Lepus)

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hara	haran	harur	harurnar
accusative	haru	haruna	harur	harurnar
dative	haru	haruni	harum	harunum
genitive	haru	harunnar	hara	haranna

Derived terms

• bláhara
• haruætt
• páskahara
• pólhara
• snjóhara
• vetrarhara

 

Related terms

• bjørn
• elgur
• froskur
• geypa
• hundur
• íkorni
• kanin
• ketta
• kópur
• storkur
• úlvur

 

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hara (“forked tool”). Related to Estonian haru, Karelian hara, Veps aro, and more distantly to Northern Sami suorri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ha‧ra

Noun

hara

1. fork hoe, hand hoe, hand cultivator
2. Synonym of naara (“drag”)
3. (dialectal) harrow

   Synonyms: äes, karhi

4. (rare) Synonym of kultivaattori (“cultivator”)

Declension

Inflection of hara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		hara	harat
genitive		haran	harojen
partitive		haraa	haroja
illative		haraan	haroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hara	harat
accusative	nom.	hara	harat
	gen.	haran
genitive		haran	harojen harain rare
partitive		haraa	haroja
inessive		harassa	haroissa
elative		harasta	haroista
illative		haraan	haroihin
adessive		haralla	haroilla
ablative		haralta	haroilta
allative		haralle	haroille
essive		harana	haroina
translative		haraksi	haroiksi
abessive		haratta	haroitta
instructive		—	haroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative harani harani accusative nom. harani harani gen. harani genitive harani harojeni haraini rare partitive haraani harojani inessive harassani haroissani elative harastani haroistani illative haraani haroihini adessive harallani haroillani ablative haraltani haroiltani allative haralleni haroilleni essive haranani haroinani translative harakseni haroikseni abessive harattani haroittani instructive — — comitative — haroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative harasi harasi accusative nom. harasi harasi gen. harasi genitive harasi harojesi haraisi rare partitive haraasi harojasi inessive harassasi haroissasi elative harastasi haroistasi illative haraasi haroihisi adessive harallasi haroillasi ablative haraltasi haroiltasi allative harallesi haroillesi essive haranasi haroinasi translative haraksesi haroiksesi abessive harattasi haroittasi instructive — — comitative — haroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative haramme haramme accusative nom. haramme haramme gen. haramme genitive haramme harojemme haraimme rare partitive haraamme harojamme inessive harassamme haroissamme elative harastamme haroistamme illative haraamme haroihimme adessive harallamme haroillamme ablative haraltamme haroiltamme allative harallemme haroillemme essive haranamme haroinamme translative haraksemme haroiksemme abessive harattamme haroittamme instructive — — comitative — haroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative haranne haranne accusative nom. haranne haranne gen. haranne genitive haranne harojenne harainne rare partitive haraanne harojanne inessive harassanne haroissanne elative harastanne haroistanne illative haraanne haroihinne adessive harallanne haroillanne ablative haraltanne haroiltanne allative harallenne haroillenne essive harananne haroinanne translative haraksenne haroiksenne abessive harattanne haroittanne instructive — — comitative — haroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative haransa haransa accusative nom. haransa haransa gen. haransa genitive haransa harojensa harainsa rare partitive haraansa harojaan harojansa inessive harassaan harassansa haroissaan haroissansa elative harastaan harastansa haroistaan haroistansa illative haraansa haroihinsa adessive harallaan harallansa haroillaan haroillansa ablative haraltaan haraltansa haroiltaan haroiltansa allative haralleen harallensa haroilleen haroillensa essive haranaan haranansa haroinaan haroinansa translative harakseen haraksensa haroikseen haroiksensa abessive harattaan harattansa haroittaan haroittansa instructive — — comitative — haroineen haroinensa

Derived terms

• harata
• harittaa
• haroa
• harottaa

 

compounds

• harajuuri

 

Further reading

• “hara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• raha

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: ha‧ra

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hara (plural hara-hara)

1. (zoology) Osteochilus melanopleura.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese ara, hara, hāra, āhāra (“food”), from Sanskrit आहार (āhāra, “food”).

Noun

hara (plural hara-hara)

1. nutrient

   Synonym: nutrien

Further reading

• “hara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

hara

1. h-prothesized form of ara

Japanese

Romanization

hara

1. Rōmaji transcription of はら

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈha.ra/, [ˈhärä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra/, [ˈäːrä]

Noun

hara f (genitive harae); first declension

1. An animal pen.
2. A chicken coop.
3. A pigsty.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hara	harae
genitive	harae	harārum
dative	harae	harīs
accusative	haram	harās
ablative	harā	harīs
vocative	hara	harae

References

• “hara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sala (cognate with Hawaiian hala), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq (compare with Malay salah).

Verb

hara

1. to be in violation of a tapu
2. to transgress
3. to commit a sin
4. to violate the law
5. to offend

Usage notes

In traditional society the word was used primarily for an offence from the violation of tapu. With the introduction of Christianity, the meaning widened to include sin and deliberate offending, and then offending in violation of rules, regulations and the law.

Noun

hara

1. sin
2. foul
3. crime, offence, transgression, wrongdoing
4. gaffe
5. infringement
6. fault
7. problem

References

• “hara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

hara

1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone hara (“to give”).

Adjective

hara

1. to give

   haray kiš

   give me (imperative)

References

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[4], Unpublished

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô. Cognate with Old Frisian hasa, Old Saxon haso, Old Dutch *haso, Old High German haso, Old Norse heri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.rɑ/, [ˈhɑ.rɑ]

Noun

hara m

1. rabbit, hare

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	hara	haran
accusative	haran	haran
genitive	haran	harena
dative	haran	harum

Descendants

• Middle English: hare
  • English: hare
  • Scots: hare, hair

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.rɑ/, [ˈhɑː.rɑ]

Adjective

hāra

1. inflection of hār:
   1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
   2. weak nominative masculine singular

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• ara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ra/
• Homophone: hāra
• Hyphenation: ha‧ra

Etymology 1

Particle

hara

1. emphatic particle in address

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa.

Noun

hara

1. Ficus

Etymology 3

Noun

hara

1. Alternative spelling of āhāra (“food”)

Further reading

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[5], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

Oromo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɐrɐ/

Noun

hara

1. lake

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀳𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• हर (Devanagari script)
• হর (Bengali script)
• හර (Sinhalese script)
• ဟရ or ႁရ (Burmese script)
• หร or หะระ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫຣ or ຫະຣະ (Lao script)
• ហរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄢 (Chakma script)

Verb

hara

1. imperative active second-person singular of harati (“to take away”)

Swahili

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic خ ر ء (ḵ-r-ʔ, “to defecate”). Compare Arabic خراء.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-hara (infinitive kuhara)

1. to defecate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hara
Positive present -nahara Subjunctive -hare Negative -hari Imperative singular hara
Infinitives
Positive kuhara Negative kutohara
Imperatives
Singular hara Plural hareni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhara Positive past positive subject concord + -lihara Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhara
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahara) Singular Plural 1st person ninahara/nahara tunahara 2nd person unahara mnahara 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahara wanahara other classes positive subject concord + -nahara
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hari) Singular Plural 1st person sihari hatuhari 2nd person huhari hamhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahari hawahari other classes negative subject concord + -hari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahara Negative future negative subject concord + -tahara
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hare) Singular Plural 1st person nihare tuhare 2nd person uhare mhare 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahare wahare other classes positive subject concord + -hare
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihare Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehara Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehara Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihara Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihara
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahara) Singular Plural 1st person nahara twahara 2nd person wahara mwahara 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahara wahara m-mi(III/IV) wahara yahara ji-ma(V/VI) lahara yahara ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahara vyahara n(IX/X) yahara zahara u(XI) wahara see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahara pa(XVI) pahara mu(XVIII) mwahara
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehara "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahara "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahara "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihara "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohara Consecutive kahara / positive subject concord + -kahara Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahare
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihara -tuhara 2nd person -kuhara -wahara/-kuhareni/-wahareni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhara -wahara m-mi(III/IV) -uhara -ihara ji-ma(V/VI) -lihara -yahara ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihara -vihara n(IX/X) -ihara -zihara u(XI) -uhara see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhara pa(XVI) -pahara mu(XVIII) -muhara Reflexive -jihara
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hara- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -haraye -harao m-mi(III/IV) -harao -harayo ji-ma(V/VI) -haralo -harayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -haracho -haravyo n(IX/X) -harayo -harazo u(XI) -harao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -harako pa(XVI) -harapo mu(XVIII) -haramo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hara) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehara -ohara m-mi(III/IV) -ohara -yohara ji-ma(V/VI) -lohara -yohara ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohara -vyohara n(IX/X) -yohara -zohara u(XI) -ohara see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohara pa(XVI) -pohara mu(XVIII) -mohara
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -harisha

Swedish

Etymology

From hare +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːra/

Verb

hara (present harar, preterite harade, supine harat, imperative hara)

1. to trot; to move in a way that reminds the movement of a hare

   Nu ska jag hara iväg till affären. ― I'll trot to the store now.

Usage notes

Mostly used with iväg (“away, off to”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of hara (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	hara		haras
Supine	harat		harats
Imperative	hara		—
Imper. plural1	haren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	harar	harade	haras	harades
Ind. plural1	hara	harade	haras	harades
Subjunctive2	hare	harade	hares	harades
	Participles
Present participle	harande
Past participle	harad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• Borin, Lars, Forsberg, Markus, Olsson, Leif-Jöran, Uppström, Jonatan (2012) “The open lexical infrastructure of Språkbanken”, in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation‎^[6], Istanbul: ELRA

Thao

Noun

hara

1. turtle