हर

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هر (har). Doublet of सब (sab) and सर्व (sarv). Compare Bengali হর (hor), Punjabi ਹਰ (har).

Determiner

हर • (har) (Urdu spelling ہر)

1. each
2. every

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”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬭ (Balinese script)
• হর (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရ (Burmese script)
• હર (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರ (Kannada script)
• ហរ (Khmer script)
• ຫຣ (Lao script)
• ഹര (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬 (Newa script)
• ହର (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨 (Siddham script)
• හර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஹர (Tamil script)
• హర (Telugu script)
• หร (Thai script)
• ཧ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root 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°)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हर
Nom. sg.	हरः (haraḥ)
Gen. sg.	हरस्य (harasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हरः (haraḥ)	हरौ (harau)	हराः (harāḥ)
Vocative	हर (hara)	हरौ (harau)	हराः (harāḥ)
Accusative	हरम् (haram)	हरौ (harau)	हरान् (harān)
Instrumental	हरेन (harena)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हरैः (haraiḥ)
Dative	हराय (harāya)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हरेभ्यः (harebhyaḥ)
Ablative	हरात् (harāt)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हरेभ्यः (harebhyaḥ)
Genitive	हरस्य (harasya)	हरयोः (harayoḥ)	हरानाम् (harānām)
Locative	हरे (hare)	हरयोः (harayoḥ)	हरेषु (hareṣu)

Feminine ā-stem declension of हर
Nom. sg.	हरा (harā)
Gen. sg.	हरायाः (harāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हरा (harā)	हरे (hare)	हराः (harāḥ)
Vocative	हरे (hare)	हरे (hare)	हराः (harāḥ)
Accusative	हराम् (harām)	हरे (hare)	हराः (harāḥ)
Instrumental	हरया (harayā)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हराभिः (harābhiḥ)
Dative	हरायै (harāyai)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हराभ्यः (harābhyaḥ)
Ablative	हरायाः (harāyāḥ)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हराभ्यः (harābhyaḥ)
Genitive	हरायाः (harāyāḥ)	हरयोः (harayoḥ)	हरानाम् (harānām)
Locative	हरायाम् (harāyām)	हरयोः (harayoḥ)	हरासु (harāsu)

Neuter a-stem declension of हर
Nom. sg.	हरम् (haram)
Gen. sg.	हरस्य (harasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हरम् (haram)	हरे (hare)	हरानि (harāni)
Vocative	हर (hara)	हरे (hare)	हरानि (harāni)
Accusative	हरम् (haram)	हरे (hare)	हरानि (harāni)
Instrumental	हरेन (harena)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हरैः (haraiḥ)
Dative	हराय (harāya)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हरेभ्यः (harebhyaḥ)
Ablative	हरात् (harāt)	हराभ्याम् (harābhyām)	हरेभ्यः (harebhyaḥ)
Genitive	हरस्य (harasya)	हरयोः (harayoḥ)	हरानाम् (harānām)
Locative	हरे (hare)	हरयोः (harayoḥ)	हरेषु (hareṣu)

Descendants

• → Telugu: హరము (haramu)

Noun

हर • (hara) stem, 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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हर (hara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हरः haraḥ	हरौ / हरा¹ harau / harā¹	हराः / हरासः¹ harāḥ / harāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हर hara	हरौ / हरा¹ harau / harā¹	हराः / हरासः¹ harāḥ / harāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हरम् haram	हरौ / हरा¹ harau / harā¹	हरान् harān
Instrumental	हरेण hareṇa	हराभ्याम् harābhyām	हरैः / हरेभिः¹ haraiḥ / harebhiḥ¹
Dative	हराय harāya	हराभ्याम् harābhyām	हरेभ्यः harebhyaḥ
Ablative	हरात् harāt	हराभ्याम् harābhyām	हरेभ्यः harebhyaḥ
Genitive	हरस्य harasya	हरयोः harayoḥ	हराणाम् harāṇām
Locative	हरे hare	हरयोः harayoḥ	हरेषु hareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

हर • (hara) stem, 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 Williams (1899) “हर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1289/1, 1302/1.