हड़ताल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa, “market”) +‎ तालक (tālaka, “lock”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɽ.t̪ɑːl/, [ɦɐɽ.t̪äːl]

Noun

हड़ताल • (haṛtāl) f (Urdu spelling ہڑتال)

strike, hartal (stoppage of work)
शिक्षक संघ कल हड़ताल करेगा।
śikṣak saṅgh kal haṛtāl karegā.
The teacher's union will go on strike tomorrow.

Declension

Declension of *हड़ताल* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	हड़ताल haṛtāl	हड़तालें haṛtālẽ
oblique	हड़ताल haṛtāl	हड़तालों haṛtālõ
vocative	हड़ताल haṛtāl	हड़तालो haṛtālo

Derived terms

हड़ताल करना (haṛtāl karnā)

Descendants

→ English: hartal, hadtal
- → Malay: hartal
  - Indonesian: hartal

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press