hek

From Middle Dutch hecke, from Old Dutch *hekka, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛk/

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• Hyphenation: hek
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: hack

hek n (plural hekken, diminutive hekje n)

1. fence

   Het hek rond het park is gesloten. ― The fence around the park is closed.

   Ze klommen over het hek om de boomgaard binnen te komen. ― They climbed over the fence to get into the orchard.

   Hij schilderde het hek wit. ― He painted the fence white.

2. stern

• Afrikaans: hek
• Negerhollands: hek, hekn
• → Papiamentu: hèkchi, hekketsje (from the diminutive)
• → Indonesian: hek

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hek”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “hek” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Borrowed from Dutch hek.

• IPA^(key): /hɛk/
• Hyphenation: hek

hek (plural hek-hek)

1. (architecture) gate (usually made of iron)

   Hek dicat warna hijau dengan list warna biru.

   The gate is painted green with blue markings.

2. (architecture) fence

   Synonym: pagar

• Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎^[1], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN

hek

1. alternative form of hacche

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *ɢaq (“whitefish, Leuciscus leuciscus”).^[1]

hek (M., W.)

1. (zoology, marine biology) dace, sturgeon^?

• Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 181

Borrowed from Classical Persian آهَک (āhak).

• IPA^(key): /hek/

hek (definite accusative heki, plural hekler)

1. chalk

   hek bilen ýazmak

   to write with a piece of chalk

2. lime

   hek daşy

   limestone

   söndürilen hek

   slaked lime

• “hek” in Enedilim.com
• “hek” in Webonary.org

From Chinese 客 (MC khaek, “guest”). Cognate with Thai แขก (kɛ̀ɛk), Lao ແຂກ (khǣk), Lü ᦶᦃᧅᧈ (ẋaek¹), Shan ၶႅၵ်ႇ (khèk), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜀𑜫 (khik). Doublet of hak.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /heːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: heg⁷
• Hyphenation: hek

hek (1957–1982 spelling hek)

1. guest
2. tourist; visitor

• Bouxhek