तहलका

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic تَهْلُكَة (tahluka).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɦəl.kɑː/, [t̪ɛ.ɦɛl.käː]

Noun edit

तहलका • (tahalkā) m (Urdu spelling تہلکہ)

panic, hysteria
excitement
तहलका मचाना ― tahalkā macānā ― to cause alarm; to cause excitement

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तहलका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 442

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