حملة

See also: حمله, حملہ, جملة, and جمله

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح م ل (ḥ m l)
21 terms

Instance noun from حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to attack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħam.la/

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Noun

حَمْلَة • (ḥamla) f (plural حَمَلَات (ḥamalāt))

1. verbal noun of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to attack”) (form I)
2. attack [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on someone/something’]

   شَنَّ الْجَيْشُ حَمْلَةً عَسْكَرِيَّةً عَلَى مَوَاقِعِ الْعَدُوِّ

   šanna l-jayšu ḥamlatan ʕaskariyyatan ʕalā mawāqiʕi l-ʕaduwwi

   The army launched a military attack on the enemy's positions.

3. offensive
4. campaign, expedition
5. (Modern Standard Arabic) an organization or a trip arranged by said organization which takes multiple people to travel to a destination, usually with added services such as guides and meals

Declension

Declension of noun حَمْلَة (ḥamla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمْلَة ḥamla	الْحَمْلَة al-ḥamla	حَمْلَة ḥamlat
Nominative	حَمْلَةٌ ḥamlatun	الْحَمْلَةُ al-ḥamlatu	حَمْلَةُ ḥamlatu
Accusative	حَمْلَةً ḥamlatan	الْحَمْلَةَ al-ḥamlata	حَمْلَةَ ḥamlata
Genitive	حَمْلَةٍ ḥamlatin	الْحَمْلَةِ al-ḥamlati	حَمْلَةِ ḥamlati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمْلَتَيْن ḥamlatayn	الْحَمْلَتَيْن al-ḥamlatayn	حَمْلَتَيْ ḥamlatay
Nominative	حَمْلَتَانِ ḥamlatāni	الْحَمْلَتَانِ al-ḥamlatāni	حَمْلَتَا ḥamlatā
Accusative	حَمْلَتَيْنِ ḥamlatayni	الْحَمْلَتَيْنِ al-ḥamlatayni	حَمْلَتَيْ ḥamlatay
Genitive	حَمْلَتَيْنِ ḥamlatayni	الْحَمْلَتَيْنِ al-ḥamlatayni	حَمْلَتَيْ ḥamlatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمَلَات ḥamalāt	الْحَمَلَات al-ḥamalāt	حَمَلَات ḥamalāt
Nominative	حَمَلَاتٌ ḥamalātun	الْحَمَلَاتُ al-ḥamalātu	حَمَلَاتُ ḥamalātu
Accusative	حَمَلَاتٍ ḥamalātin	الْحَمَلَاتِ al-ḥamalāti	حَمَلَاتِ ḥamalāti
Genitive	حَمَلَاتٍ ḥamalātin	الْحَمَلَاتِ al-ḥamalāti	حَمَلَاتِ ḥamalāti

Descendants

• → Persian: حمله
  • → Azerbaijani: həmlə
  • → Bengali: হামলা (hamla)
  • → Gujarati: હુમલો (humlo)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हमला (hamlā)

    Urdu: حَمْلَہ (hamlā)

    • → Phalura: hamlá

  • → Pashto: حمله (hamla)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਹਮਲਾ (hamlā)

    Shahmukhi script: حملہ (hamlā)

  • → Turkish: hamle
  • → Uzbek: hamla

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “حمل”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN