Hart

Pronunciation

RP IPA: /hÉ‘Ët/
Rhymes: -É‘Ë(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 *kÌ‘erudo, from Proto-Indo-European *á¸±Ã³ru ("horn").

cognates

Compare Welsh carw ("deer"), Latin cervus ("deer"), cervÄ«x ("nape of the neck"), Lithuanian kÃ¡rvÄ— ("cow"), Russian ÐºÐ¾Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð° (korÃ³va, "cow"), Ancient Greek ÎºÏŒÏÏ…Î´Î¿Ï‚ ("crested lark"), ÎºÎ¿ÏÏ…Ï†Î® ("summit, crown of the head"), ÎºÎ¿ÏÏÏ€Ï„Ï‰ ("to butt with horns"), Avestan ð¬¯ð¬ð¬, ð¬¯ð¬ð¬Žð¬Žð¬ ("horn; claw, talon"), Sanskrit (Å›arabhÃ¡á¸¥, "mythical antelope"). More at horn.

Full definition of hart

Noun

hart

(plural harts)

A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after its fifth year.

Related terms

hind the female

Origin 2

See heart

Noun

hart

(plural harts)

Obsolete spelling of heart

Shakespeare Hamlet|I, scene i:For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am Å¿ick at hart.

Anagrams

rath, tahr, Thar, thar