hark

Nghĩa (English)

Verb

To listen attentively.

Noun

A whisper

Synonyms

listen

hearken

harken

listen to

list

give ear

hear

hearken to

pay attention to

tune in

give heed

give heed to

listen carefully

hark to

give ear to

appertain

list to

catch

get

hist

listen in

make a mistake

pay attention

read

📖

say

🗣️

Phát âm là (IPA)

/hɑː(ɹ)k/

Từ nguyên (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: herken

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: *hercian

Cognate with Tiếng Scots: herk

Cognate with Tiếng Frisia Miền Bắc: harke

Cognate with Tiếng Frisia: harkje

Cognate with Tiếng Hà Lan: horken

Cognate with Middle Low German: horken

Cognate with Tiếng Đức: horchen

In summary

From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).