हमला

See also: हिमाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حمله (hamla), from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla). Compare Bengali হামলা (hamola), Gujarati હુમલો (humlo), Punjabi ਹਮਲਾ (hamlā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəm.lɑː/, [ɦɐ̃m.läː]

Noun

हमला • (hamlā) m (Urdu spelling حملہ)

1. attack, assault

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आक्रमण

   नेता पर हमले की निंदा की गई।

   netā par hamle kī nindā kī gaī.

   The attack on the politician was condemned.

Declension

Declension of हमला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हमला hamlā	हमले hamle
oblique	हमले hamle	हमलों hamlõ
vocative	हमले hamle	हमलो hamlo

Derived terms

• हमला करना (hamlā karnā)
• हमलाबाज़ (hamlābāz)
• हमलाबाज़ी (hamlābāzī)
• हमलावर (hamlāvar)
• हमलावरी (hamlāvrī)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “हमला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “हमला”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.