हरकत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَرَکَت (harakat), from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka). Compare Punjabi ਹਰਕਤ (harkat) / حَرکَت (ḥarkat), Sindhi حَرْڪَتَ / हर्कत, Gujarati હરકત (harkat), Odia ହରକତ (harakata), Bengali হরকত (horkot), Assamese হৰকত (horokot).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾ.kət̪/, [ɦɐɾ.kɐt̪]

Noun

हरकत • (harkat) f (Urdu spelling حَرَکَت)

1. motion, movement

   तुम्हारी सब हरकतें हम देख रहे हैं

   tumhārī sab harkatẽ ham dekh rahe ha͠i

   we are watching all of your movements

2. motion, deed, doing; attempt, gesture

   यह सब उसी की हरकतें हैं ― yah sab usī kī harkatẽ ha͠i ― this is all his/her doing

3. disrespectful, unbecoming, or unbefitting doings; misbehavior, misdeed

Declension

Declension of हरकत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हरकत harkat	हरकतें harkatẽ
oblique	हरकत harkat	हरकतों harkatõ
vocative	हरकत harkat	हरकतो harkato

Synonyms

• (motion): गति (gati), चाल (cāl)
• (deed): काम (kām), कर्म (karm), क्रिया (kriyā), कार्य (kārya), कृति (kŕti)
• (misdeed): दुर्व्यवहार (durvyavhār), दुष्कर्म (duṣkarm)

Further reading

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حرکت (harakat), from Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka). Compare Gujarati હરકત (harkat), Hindustani حَرْکَت (harkat) / हरकत (harkat), Sindhi حَرْڪَتَ / हर्कत, Punjabi ਹਰਕਤ (harkat) / حَرکَت (ḥarkat), Odia ହରକତ (harakata), Bengali হরকত (horkot), Assamese হৰকত (horokot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦəɾ.kət̪/

Noun

हरकत • (harkat) f

1. objection, opposition

   माझी काहीच हरकत नाही.

   mājhī kāhīc harkat nāhī.

   I do not mind at all.

2. hindrance

Derived terms

• हरकत घेणे (harkat gheṇe, “to object”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “हरकत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हरकत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “हरकत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).