حمله

حمله

See also: حملة‎, حملہ‎, جملة‎, and جمله‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَمْلَة‎ (ḥamla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /hamla/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /hamla/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /hæmle/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /hamla/

Noun

Dari	حمله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳамла (hamla)

حمله • (hamle) (plural حملات‎ (hamalât, hamelât) or حمله‌ها‎ (hamle-hâ))

1. attack

   ‏حمله تروریستی‎ ― hamle-ye teroristi ― terrorist attack

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2918:

     ‏پردلان در جنگ هم از بیم جان، حمله کرده سوی صف دشمنان‎

     pordelân dar jang ham az bim-e jân, hamle kard suy-e saff-e došmanân.

     The courageous, also from fear for their lives, have charged towards the ranks of the enemy.

   Antonym: دفاع‎ (defâ')

Derived terms

(compound verbs)

• حمله کردن‎ (hamle kardan, “to attack”)

(others)

• حمله انتحاری‎ (hamle-ye entehâri, “suicide attack”)
• حمله‌ور‎ (hamle-var, “attacking”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: həmlə
• → Bengali: হামলা (hamla)
• → Gujarati: હુમલો (humlo)
• → Hindustani: hamlā

  Hindi: हमला

  Urdu: حملہ‎‎

  • → Phalura: hamlá

• → Pashto: حمله‎‎ (hamlá)
• → Punjabi: hamlā

  Gurmukhi: ਹਮਲਾ

  Shahmukhi: حملہ‎

• → Turkish: hamle
• → Uzbek: hamla