hartal
English
Etymology
Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
hartal (plural hartals)
- (South Asia, Malaysia) the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike. [early 20th C.]
- 1974, Judith M. Brown, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922, page 305:
- 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, […]
- 2004, Salahuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh: Past and Present, page 34:
- 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 […]
- 2005, Acyuta Yājñika, Suchitra Sheth, The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond:
- 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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Alternative forms
- hadtal
Descendants
- → Malay: hartal
- Indonesian: hartal
See also
- bandh
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhartal]
- Hyphenation: har‧tal
Etymology 1
From Malay hartal, from Classical Malay هرتل (hartal), from Sanskrit हरिताल (haritāla, “yellow orpiment”) likely through Hindi.
Noun
hartal (plural hartal-hartal, first-person possessive hartalku, second-person possessive hartalmu, third-person possessive hartalnya)
- orpiment
- (in extension) A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour; ochre.
- hartal:
Etymology 2
From Malay hartal, from Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa) + तालक (tālaka).
Noun
hartal (plural hartal-hartal, first-person possessive hartalku, second-person possessive hartalmu, third-person possessive hartalnya)
- The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
Further reading
- “hartal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhartal]
- Hyphenation: har‧tal
Etymology 1
From Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa) + तालक (tālaka).
Noun
hartal (Jawi spelling هرتل, plural hartal-hartal, informal 1st possessive hartalku, 2nd possessive hartalmu, 3rd possessive hartalnya)
- The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit हरिताल (haritāla, “yellow orpiment”) likely through Hindi.
Noun
hartal (plural hartal-hartal, informal 1st possessive hartalku, 2nd possessive hartalmu, 3rd possessive hartalnya)
- orpiment, a kind of yellow arsenic
- (in extension) A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour; ochre.
- hartal:
- a kind of fragrant face powder made from coconut oil and saffron yielding a similar colour for use in weddings
- Synonyms: boreh, boris
Alternative forms
- (orpiment) artal, retal
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “hartal”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 399
Further reading
- “hartal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.