# 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: /hɑːp/
* (US) IPA: /hɑɹp/
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### 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
** 1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto Saint Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
** 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.
** 1960, School Shop, volume 20, page 36:Contains charts and instructions for wiring. Shows sockets, wire, harps, glass chimneys and globes, shade holders, bases, finials, and hundreds of items necessary in the building of lamps.
** 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting, page 104:Both types of harp have a swiveling shade holder at the top. The threaded stud on the swivel accepts the finial.
* Short for harp seal.
** 2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225:More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.

#### Synonyms

* glee-beam

#### Hyponyms

* aeolian harp
* angle harp
* angular harp
* arch harp
* autoharp
* bow harp
* claviharp
* electric harp
* frame harp
* French harp
* glass harp
* harp guitar
* harp of David
* harpsichord
* Indian harp
* Irish harp
* jaw harp
* Jew's harp
* Judaic harp
* juice harp
* King David's harp
* mouth harp
* open harp
* pillar harp
* sacred harp
* triangular harp
* triple harp
* vibraharp
* wind harp

#### Derived terms

* æolian harp
* arched harp
* Celtic harp
* Harp
* harp closure
* harper
* Harper
* harp-guitar
* harp guitarist
* harp-guitarist
* harp holder
* Harp Island
* harpist
* harp on
* harp on one string
* harp on the same string
* harp-player
* harp shackle
* harp shell
* harp snail
* Jaws-harp
* jaws-harp
* Jaws'-harp
* jaws harp
* jaw's harp
* jaws' harp
* Jaw's harp
* Jewes-harp
* Jewes harp
* jewes harp
* jew harp
* jews-harp
* Jews-harp
* jews'-harp
* Jews' harp
* jews harp
* Jews harp
* Jew's-harp
* Jews'-harp
* jew's harp
* Kafir harp
* lamp harp
* laser harp
* Welsh harp

#### Related terms

* harp seal

#### 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.
    Why do you harp on a single small mistake? (US)
    Why do you harp on about a single small mistake? (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.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:Thou harped my fear aright.

#### 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
* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ɦɑrp/

### Noun

harp f or m (plural harpen, diminutive harpje n)
* harp

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حرب (harb), borrowed from Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑɾʲp/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

harp (definite accusative harbi, plural harpler)
* (dated) war
    Synonym: savaş
** 1941 June 23, Yenigün‎:Alman-Rus harbinde bitaraf kalacağızWe will remain neutral in the German-Russian war

#### Derived terms

* Büyük Harp
* Cihan Harbi

#### Related terms

* harbî (“military”)
* harbiye

## Turkmen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf).

### Noun

harp (definite accusative harpy, plural harplar)
* letter (of an alphabet)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “harp” in Enedilim.com
* “harp” in Webonary.org