Harms

/hɑːrmz/ verb

Definition

Causes physical injury, damage, or emotional hurt to someone or something.

Etymology

From Old English 'hearm' meaning 'injury' or 'grief,' related to Germanic languages. The word has meant 'to damage' or 'injure' since Anglo-Saxon times with little semantic change.

Kelly Says

The word 'harm' appears in Old English texts from over 1,000 years ago, and it's one of the most fundamental words across all Germanic languages—humans have always needed a word for this concept!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰ vaikka ላይ ነው
se-tcha la-i neu
ARالعربية
يضر
yith-ra
BNবাংলা
হানি করে
ha-ni kore
CACatalà
danya
da-nya
CSČeština
škodí
shko-dee
DADansk
skade
ska-de
DEDeutsch
schädigt
shä-di-gt
ELΕλληνικά
βλάπτει
vlap-tei
ESEspañol
daña
dah-nya
FAفارسی
آسیب می زند
a-see-b mi-zen-d
FISuomi
haittaa
hai-taa
FRFrançais
dommages
dom-ahj
GUGU
કારણ બને
kaar-an bane
HAHA
hara
ha-ra
HEעברית
גורם נזק
go-rem na-zak
HIहिन्दी
नुकसान पहुँचाता है
noo-ka-saan poo-nch-a-ta hai
HUMagyar
kárt okoz
kart o-koz
IDBahasa Indonesia
merugikan
me-roo-gi-kan
IGIG
nwere
nwere
ITItaliano
fa male
fa ma-leh
JA日本語
害する
gai-suru
KKKK
зарар
za-rar
KMKM
ប៉ះ
pa
KO한국어
해가
hae-ga
MRMR
हानी करते
ha-ni kar-te
MSBahasa Melayu
merugikan
me-roo-gi-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ပြစ်ပေး
pyit-pey
NLNederlands
schaadt
skaadt
NONorsk
skade
ska-de
PAPA
ਪਾੜ
pa-ar
PLPolski
szkodzi
shkod-zi
PTPortuguês
prejudica
pre-joo-dee-ka
RORomână
vrea
vrea
RUРусский
вредит
vrey-dit
SVSvenska
skadar
ska-dar
SWKiswahili
huru
hoo-roo
TAதமிழ்
அழிக்கிறது
a-li-ki-ri-thu
TEతెలుగు
కురిస్తుంది
ku-ri-stu-ndi
THไทย
เป็นอันตราย
pen an-ta-rai
TLTL
naaapak
na-a-pak
TRTürkçe
zarar verir
za-rar ve-rir
UKУкраїнська
шкодить
shko-dit
URاردو
نुकسان پہنچاتا ہے
noo-ka-saan peh-n-cha-ta hai
VITiếng Việt
làm hại
lam hai
YOYO
ṣẹ̀kẹ̀
she-keh
ZH中文
伤害
shānghài
ZUZU
uthiwe
oo-thee-weh

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