तहलका

तहलका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَهْلُكَة‎ (tahluka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɛː.ɦɛːl.kɑː/, /t̪ɛːʱl.kɑː/

Noun

तहलका • (tahalkā) m

1. panic, hysteria
2. excitement

   तहलका मचाना ― tahalkā macānā ― to cause alarm; to cause excitement

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तहलका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 442