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

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

Noun

हमला • (hamlā) m (Urdu spelling حملہ)

1. attack, assault

   Synonyms: वार (vār), आक्रमण (ākramaṇ), चढ़ाई (caṛhāī)

   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.