Meaning

noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

noun an obstacle on a golf course

originFrom Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0