Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hartal

/ˈhɑː.tɑːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: har-tal
IPA: /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.

Example Sentences

"There were slight disturbances in Karachi and Bombay city, a hartal in Bombay city similar to the last one but probably helped by the news of Tilak's death, […]"
"One of the special characteristics of Bangladesh politics is hartal politics, a legacy of tactics of political agitation, which was used, in pre-partition India […]"
"The eight-month-long hadtal and the accompanying hijrat or exodus reflect the collective strength of the Mahajan and their capacity to mobilize and organize."

Etymology

Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”.

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: हड़ताल, હડતાળ

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/

Inflected Forms

hartals (plural) hadtal (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bandh

Questions

How do you pronounce hartal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/.
What does hartal mean?: the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
Where does hartal come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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