哈巴

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Chinese

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Etymology 1

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onomatopoeic representation of laughter
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
 
simp. and trad.
(哈巴)
anagram 巴哈

From (, “to sway; to wobble”) + verbal suffix (ba) (Zhou, 2002).

Alternatively, it may come from etymology 2, alluding to the way a Pekinese walks (ibid.).

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Verb

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哈巴

  1. (Beijing, Northeastern and Tianjin Mandarin) to bend one's knees or feet outwards when walking; to walk with a limp with crooked legs
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Etymology 2

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(哈巴)
alternative forms 哈叭
獬𤜞
海巴
獬豝
海爾巴海尔巴
anagram 巴哈

From Mongolian ᠬᠠᠪᠠ (qaba, pug); compare Modern Khalkha Mongolian хав (xav), Manchu ᡴᠠᠪᠠᡵᡳ (kabari, pug).

This Mongolian word may be ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, cf. Mongolian ᠬᠠᠪ
ᢉᠢᠪ
and Manchu ᡴᠠᠪ
ᡴᡳᠪ
(kab kib), both meaning “many dogs mauling at each other”.

An article on the etymology of this term was written by Victor Mair in Language Log in 2017, in which he also proposed a tentative relationship between 哈巴 and 奤夿, the name of a village in Changping District of Beijing.

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Noun

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哈巴

  1. Short for 哈巴狗 (hǎbagǒu, “Pekinese (dog)”).
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Etymology 3

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(哈巴)
anagram 巴哈

From Naxi [Term?] (literally gold-flower).

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Proper noun

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哈巴

  1. (雪山) Haba Snow Mountain, a mountain in Yunnan

Etymology 4

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(哈巴)
anagram 巴哈

Ultimately from Egyptian ḫꜥ-bꜣ.

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Proper noun

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哈巴

  1. Khaba (pharaoh of Ancient Egypt)

Etymology 5

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(哈巴)
anagram 巴哈

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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哈巴

  1. Short for 哈巴羅夫斯克哈巴罗夫斯克 (Hābāluófūsīkè).