हवालात

हवालात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَات‎ (ḥawālāt), plural of حَوَالَة‎ (ḥawāla) (whence हवाला (havālā)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː.lɑːt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

हवालात • (havālāt) f

1. police custody, incarceration

   अपराधी को हवालत में रखा गया।

   aprādhī ko havālat mẽ rakhā gayā.

   The criminal was taken into custody.

   Synonyms: हिरासत (hirāsat), क़ैद (qaid)

References

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