हलक़ा
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- हल्क़ा (halqā)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian حلقه (halqa), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
हलक़ा • (halqā) m (Urdu spelling حلقہ)
- circle
- सियासी हलक़े ― siyāsī halqe ― political circles
- ring, hoop, loop
- company or group (as of people)
- an area delimited by a boundary line; zone, region, area
- (law, Jammu-Kashmir) an area comprising a village or contiguous number of villages as may be determined by the election authority[1]
Declension edit
Declension of हलक़ा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms edit
- हल्का पंचायत (halkā pañcāyat)
Descendants edit
→ English: halqa
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “halqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press