harp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɑːp/ (US) IPA(key): /hɑɹp/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p === Noun === harp (plural harps) (music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body Any instrument of the same musicological type. (music, colloquial) Any musical instrument. A harmonica. A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a theatre organ. (Scotland) A grain sieve. The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial. Ellipsis of harp seal. ==== Synonyms ==== glee-beam ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== harp seal ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== lyre === Verb === harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped) (derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain. (US) (UK) (transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument). (transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp. (transitive, archaic) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon. ==== Synonyms ==== keep on about perseverate ==== Translations ==== === References === 2013. The Physics of Musical Instruments. Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing. Pg. 331. === Anagrams === PHAR == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch harpe, from Old Dutch *harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑrp IPA(key): /ɦɑrp/ === Noun === harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n) harp == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish حرب (harb), borrowed from Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb), from Proto-Semitic *x̣arb-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɾp/, [ˈha̠ɾ̊p] === Noun === harp (definite accusative harbi, plural harpler) (dated) war Synonym: savaş ==== Derived terms ==== Büyük Harp Cihan Harbi ==== Related terms ==== harbî (“military”) harbiye == Turkmen == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɑɾp/, [ˈχɑ̝ɾ̊p] === Noun === harp (definite accusative harpy, plural harplar) letter (of an alphabet) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “harp” in Enedilim.com “harp” in Webonary.org