hah

See also: häh and hąh

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hä, IPA^(key): /hɑː/, [ha(ː)]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

Interjection

hah

1. Alternative form of ha
2. Alternative form of huh
   • 1994, Milton Teichman, Sharon Leder, Truth and Lamentation: Stories and Poems on the Holocaust, page 58:

     Shut up, buddy, you've forgotten that I can't run. Now you're the wise guy, hah?

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     Isaac Sachs makes a 'Hah?' noise. 'You're not Sixsmith's niece?'

Etymology 2

Noun

hah (plural hahs)

1. Alternative form of heh (“Semitic letter”)

See also

• hem and hah

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 哈 (hâⁿ).

Alternative forms

• har

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [hãː˨], [-˧˨]

Particle

hah

1. (Manglish, Singlish) Synonym of ah (Sense 1); used to form tag questions prompting the listener to confirm something.
   • 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 5, lines 23–31:

     Mother: Just wait awhile, Susan. Jack said he’d be a little late. […] What would you like to drink, some Coca Cola?
     Susan: That’s alright Aunty. We’re going out to dinner.
     Mother: Or you prefer Pepsi, hah? We don’t drink Pepsi ourself, I always keep a few bottles just in case. Some people are so fussy.

2. (Manglish, Singlish) Tagged at the end of a sentence to express subtle surprise or realisation.

Interjection

hah

1. (Manglish, Singlish) Huh!; used to express subtle surprise or amusement at something said by the other speaker.

Anagrams

• ahh

Cora

Noun

hah

1. water

References

• Eugene H. Casad, From Space to Time: A cognitive analysis of the Cora locative system (2012)

Finnish

Etymology

Variant of ha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑh/, [ˈhɑ̝h]
• Rhymes: -ɑh
• Hyphenation^(key): hah

Interjection

hah

1. ha

Further reading

• “hah”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒh]
• Rhymes: -ɒx

Interjection

hah

1. (poetic) ah! oh!

Further reading

• hah in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑh/, [ˈhɑh]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑh/, [ˈhɑh]
• Rhymes: -ɑh
• Hyphenation: hah

Interjection

hah

1. Used to reinforce a question: eh?

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 40

Navajo

Adverb

hah

1. quickly, rapidly, fast, swiftly
2. immediately, promptly

Synonyms

• tsį́į́ł

Turkish

Interjection

hah

1. aha

   Hah! Bu olur işte.

   Aha! This will work.

Zazaki

Interjection

hah

1. aha

   Hah! mı zi wıni va.

   Aha! I said like this.