• Hart

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /hɑːt/
    • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t
    • Homophones: heart

    Origin 1

    Middle English hert, from Old English heorot ("stag"), from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *k̑erudo, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóru ("horn").

    cognates

    Compare Welsh carw ("deer"), Latin cervus ("deer"), cervīx ("nape of the neck"), Lithuanian kárvė ("cow"), Russian корова (koróva, "cow"), Ancient Greek κόρυδος ("crested lark"), κορυφή ("summit, crown of the head"), κορύπτω ("to butt with horns"), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏, 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 ("horn; claw, talon"), Sanskrit (śarabháḥ, "mythical antelope"). More at horn.

    Full definition of hart

    Noun

    hart

    (plural harts)
    1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after its fifth year.

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    Origin 2

    See heart

    Noun

    hart

    (plural harts)
    1. Obsolete spelling of heart
      • Shakespeare Hamlet|I, scene i:For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am Å¿ick at hart.

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