हर

हर

See also: हरू, हरा, ह्री, हीरा, हार, and हरि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هر‎ (har). Doublet of सब (sab) and सर्व (sarv).

Determiner

हर • (har) (Urdu spelling ہر‎)

1. each
2. every

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• hara (Latin script)
• 𑀳𑀭 (Brahmi 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

हर (hara)

1. Devanagari script form of hara, which is imperative active second-person singular of हरति (harati, “to take away”)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From हृ (hṛ).

Adjective

हर • (hara)

1. bearing, wearing, taking, conveying, bringing (» कवच-, वार्त्ता-ह्°), taking away, carrying off, removing, destroying (» बल-, शक्ति-ह्°)
2. receiving, obtaining (» अंश-ह्°)
3. ravishing, captivating (» मनो-ह्°)

Descendants

• → Telugu: హరము (haramu)

Noun

हर • (hara) m

1. name of various authors
2. (arithmetic) a divisor
3. the denominator of a fraction, division
4. a stallion
5. an ass
6. fire

Proper noun

हर • (hara) m

1. (Hinduism) ‘Seizer’, ‘Destroyer’, name of शिव
2. name of a दानव (dānava)
3. name of a monkey

Derived terms

• हर हर महादेव (hara hara mahādeva, “Hail, Shiva!”)

Descendants

• → English: Hara
• → Telugu: హరుడు (haruḍu)

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899