hartal

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Etymology

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Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hartal (plural hartals)

  1. (South Asia, Malaysia) the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike. [early 20th C.]
    • 1974, Judith M. Brown, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922, page 305:
      There were slight disturbances in Karachi and Bombay city, a hartal in Bombay city similar to the last one but probably helped by the news of Tilak's death, []
    • 2004, Salahuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh: Past and Present, page 34:
      One of the special characteristics of Bangladesh politics is hartal politics, a legacy of tactics of political agitation, which was used, in pre-partition India []
    • 2005, Acyuta Yājñika, Suchitra Sheth, The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond:
      The eight-month-long hadtal and the accompanying hijrat or exodus reflect the collective strength of the Mahajan and their capacity to mobilize and organize.

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Descendants

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  • Malay: hartal

See also

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhartal]
  • Hyphenation: har‧tal

Etymology 1

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From Malay hartal, from Classical Malay هرتل (hartal), from Sanskrit हरिताल (haritāla, yellow orpiment) likely through Hindi.

Noun

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hartal (plural hartal-hartal, first-person possessive hartalku, second-person possessive hartalmu, third-person possessive hartalnya)

  1. orpiment
  2. (in extension) ochre: a somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
    hartal:  

Etymology 2

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From Malay hartal, from Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa) +‎ तालक (tālaka).

Noun

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hartal (plural hartal-hartal, first-person possessive hartalku, second-person possessive hartalmu, third-person possessive hartalnya)

  1. The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.

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Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhartal]
  • Hyphenation: har‧tal

Etymology 1

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From Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa) +‎ तालक (tālaka).

Noun

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hartal (Jawi spelling هرتل, plural hartal-hartal, informal 1st possessive hartalku, 2nd possessive hartalmu, 3rd possessive hartalnya)

  1. The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit हरिताल (haritāla, yellow orpiment) likely through Hindi.

Noun

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hartal (plural hartal-hartal, informal 1st possessive hartalku, 2nd possessive hartalmu, 3rd possessive hartalnya)

  1. orpiment, a kind of yellow arsenic
  2. (in extension) A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour; ochre.
    hartal:  
  3. a kind of fragrant face powder made from coconut oil and saffron yielding a similar colour for use in weddings
    Synonyms: boreh, boris
Alternative forms
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References

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  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hartal”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 399

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