Hari

H4A1R1I1

proper noun

A name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun
  1. HinduismA name or epithet given commonly to Vishnu, but also to Indra and Yama.
  2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
  3. A surname from Sanskrit.

    To protest the sandwich chain’s use of azodicarbonamide in its bread, Ms. Hari posted a video of herself chewing another item in which the chemical is found: a yoga mat.

    2015 March 13, Courtney Rubin, “Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at a Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2015

Origin

  1. Sanskritहरि
  2. EnglishHari

Borrowed from Sanskrit हरि (hari).

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Translations

Bengali হরি
  • হরি (hôri)a Hindu god
Hindi हरि
  • हरि (hari)a Hindu god
Italian Hari
  • Haria Hindu god
Polish Hari
  • Haria Hindu god
Portuguese Hari
  • Haria Hindu god
Russian Хари
  • Хари (Xari)a Hindu god
Ukrainian Харі
  • Харі (Xari)a Hindu god

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Cite this entry
APA

Hari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hari

MLA

“Hari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hari. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hari,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hari.

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