हवालात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَات (ḥawālāt), plural of حَوَالَة (ḥawāla) (whence हवाला (havālā)).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː.lɑːt̪/, [ɦɐ.ʋäː.läːt̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

हवालात • (havālāt) f (Urdu spelling حوالات)

  1. police custody, incarceration
    Synonyms: हिरासत (hirāsat), क़ैद (qaid)
    अपराधी को हवालत में रखा गया।
    aprādhī ko havālat mẽ rakhā gayā.
    The criminal was taken into custody.

Declension

Declension of हवालात (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हवालात
havālāt 		हवालातें
havālātẽ
oblique हवालात
havālāt 		हवालातों
havālātõ
vocative हवालात
havālāt 		हवालातो
havālāto

References

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