Ha

//hɑː// intj, name, noun, verb

intj, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sum of bodily parts; the physical body. Egypt
  2. 2
    An ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania. plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    Initialism of high availability. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day wordnet
  5. 5
    Initialism of hospital apprentice. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of a (“have”). alt-of, alternative, archaic
Intj
  1. 1
    A representation of laughter.

    "Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny."

  2. 2
    Said when making a vigorous attack.

    ""That's well. Well," cried he, now for my turn. Ha! a hit! a hit!""

  3. 3
    An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

    "Ha! Checkmate!"

  4. 4
    An exclamation of grief. archaic
  5. 5
    A sound of hesitation: er, um. dated
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The dialect of Rwanda-Rundi spoken by this group.
  2. 2
    A god of the deserts to the west of Egypt, associated with the underworld (duat) and pictured as a man wearing the symbol for desert hills on his head. Egyptian
  3. 3
    Initialism of Highways Agency. British, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Hospital Authority. Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Antonyms

All antonyms
ka

Example

More examples

"Ha - this work's finished! Let's move on to the next stage!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Attested early 14th century, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Danish ha, Dutch ha, Finnish ha, Hungarian ha, Latin ha, Latvian ha, Swedish ha.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Egyptian ḥꜥ.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.