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Har

//hɑː// intj, name, noun, particle

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.

    "I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har!"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Hari. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A hinge. dialectal
  2. 2
    Acronym of human accelerated region. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Particle
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle). Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

Etymology 4

Abbreviation or ellipsis of Sanskrit हरि (hari)

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