As a Hindi name
हार · noun · feminine
युद्ध, क्रीड़ा, प्रतिद्बंद्विता आदि में शत्रु के संमुख असफलता । लड़ाई, खेल, बाजो या चढ़ा ऊपरी में जोड़ या प्रतिद्बंद्वी के सामने न जीत सकने का भाव । पराजय । शिकस्त । जैसे,—लड़ाई में हार, खेल में हार इत्यादि · शिथिलता । श्रांति । थकावट · हानि । क्षति । हरण — Śabdasāgara
हार · noun · masculine
सोने, चाँदी या मोतियों आदि की माला जो गले में पहनी जाय · वह जो ले जानेवाला या वहन करनेवाला हो · अंकगणित में भाजक — Śabdasāgara
हार · hār · s.m.
Taking, seizing, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1215
हार · hār · s.m.
Cultivated land surrounding a village (a little further off than the goṅrā); a village-common; a cultivated tract; a plot or allotment of ground — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1215
हार · masculine
garland; necklace
हार · feminine
defeat, failure, loss
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit हारि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Ultimately from Sanskrit हारि (hāri).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hāri m. = 1. hāra (see aṅga-h˚)
a caravan, L.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From हारना (hārnā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
taking away, removal
Verified derivationMultiple readings (12)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hāra" is the vocative of "hārā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. hāra mf(ī)n. bearing, carrying, carrying away, stealing (e.g. kṣīra-h˚, ‘stealing milk’), MārkP.
levying, raising (e.g. kara-h˚, ‘raising taxes’), BhP.
ravishing, charming, delightful (or ‘relating to Hari i.e. Viṣṇu’), ib.
relating to Hara or Śiva, Nalac.
hāra m. taking away, removal, ib.
hārā (ā), f., Pāṇ. iii, 3, 104
Alternative readings
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