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haara.

branch (of a tree)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɑːrɑ/[ˈhɑ̝ːrɑ̝]
  1. branch (of a tree)

  2. branch (anything that divides like the branch of a tree)

    sarven, kynttelikön tai rautatien haara
  3. fork, bifurcation (place where a tree or other object divides into two)

  4. branch (line of family descent)

  5. branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)

  6. offshoot (that which develops from something else)

    rikollisjärjestön haara
  7. legs, crotch (between the legs), astride (stand with spread legs above something)

    in-plural
  8. branch (one of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance)

  9. branch (point in code where execution may proceed down different paths depending on a condition)

  10. straddle (investment strategy)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *haara (compare Estonian haar, Ingrian haara, Karelian huara, Votic aarõ), a variant of Proto-Finnic *hara (whence hara).

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