घोटाला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi घोटाळा (ghoṭāḷā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱoː.ʈɑː.lɑː/, [ɡʱoː.ʈäː.läː]

Noun

घोटाला • (ghoṭālā) m

1. scam, fraud

   Synonyms: गोलमाल (golmāl), हेरा फेरी (herā pherī)

Declension

Declension of घोटाला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घोटाला ghoṭālā	घोटाले ghoṭāle
oblique	घोटाले ghoṭāle	घोटालों ghoṭālõ
vocative	घोटाले ghoṭāle	घोटालो ghoṭālo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घोटाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press