हड़ताल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa, “market”) +‎ तालक (tālaka, “lock”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɽ.t̪ɑːl/, [ɦɐɽ.t̪äːl]

Noun

हड़ताल • (haṛtāl) f (Urdu spelling ہڑتال)

1. strike, hartal (stoppage of work)

   शिक्षक संघ कल हड़ताल करेगा।

   śikṣak saṅgh kal haṛtāl karegā.

   The teacher's union will go on strike tomorrow.

Declension

Declension of हड़ताल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हड़ताल haṛtāl	हड़तालें haṛtālẽ
oblique	हड़ताल haṛtāl	हड़तालों haṛtālõ
vocative	हड़ताल haṛtāl	हड़तालो haṛtālo

Derived terms

• हड़ताल करना (haṛtāl karnā)

Descendants

• → English: hartal, hadtal
  • → Malay: hartal
    • Indonesian: hartal

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press