hartal

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhɑː.tɑːl/(UK)

Definition of hartal

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Malaysia, South-Asia)the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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