हवाला

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː.lɑː/, [ɦɐ.ʋäː.läː]

Noun edit

हवाला • (havālā) m (Urdu spelling حوالہ)

reference, citing
Synonyms: उल्लेख (ullekh), दृष्टांत (dŕṣṭānt)

... कि हवाला देना ― ... ki havālā denā ― to cite, refer to ...
charge, custody
चोर को पकड़कर गाँववालों ने पुलिस के हवाले किया।
cor ko pakaṛkar gā̃vvālõ ne pulis ke havāle kiyā.
The villagers got the thief and gave him into police custody.

हवाले करना
havāle karnā
to put into custody
money laundering

Declension edit

Declension of हवाला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हवाला havālā	हवाले havāle
oblique	हवाले havāle	हवालों havālõ
vocative	हवाले havāle	हवालो havālo

References edit

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

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