Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dharna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: dhar-na
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Indian usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor.

Indian usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"ln December 1974, Morarji Desai, gave a threat of staging a dharna inside the Lok Sabha chamber. ln June 1975, Morarji Deshmukh, the Jana Sangh leader, stated that there had to be a Delhi Bandh to compel the Prime Minister to resign."
"[…] house-tax having been imposed on the natives during Lord Minto's government […] the Brahmins resolved to try the virtue of a dharna; […] The local government was exceedingly perplexed; for, besides the risk of hundreds perishing, there was the certainty of a famine, from the cessation of agricultural labour if the dharna continued."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धरना (dharnā).

Usage

Inflected Forms

dharnas (plural) dhurna (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

traga

Questions

What does dharna mean?: A sit-in.
Where does dharna come from?: Borrowed from Hindi धरना (dharnā).

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