Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حمله (hamla), from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حَمْلَہ (hamlam (Hindi spelling हमला)

  1. attack; invasion; assault
    رہنما پر حملے کی مذمت کی گئی۔
    rahnumā par hamle kī mazammat kī gaī.
    The attack on the leader was condemned.
    دہشت گرد حملہ
    dehśat-gard hamla
    terrorist attack
    خودکش حملہ
    xudkuś hamla
    suicide attack

Declension

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Declension of حملہ
singular plural
direct حملہ (hamlah) حملے (hamle)
oblique حملے (hamle) حملوں (hamlõ)
vocative حملے (hamle) حملو (hamlo)
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Further reading

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  • حملہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “حمله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 481
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حملہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 278