hartal

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hartal (plural hartals)

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

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Malay: hartal

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay hartal, from Classical Malay هرتل (hartal), from Sanskrit हरिताल (haritāla, yellow orpiment) likely through Hindi.

Noun

hartal (plural hartal-hartal)

  1. orpiment
  2. (in extension) ochre: a somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
    hartal:  

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાલ (haḍtāl), હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa) +‎ तालक (tālaka).

Noun

hartal (plural hartal-hartal)

  1. the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

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)

  1. 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)

  1. orpiment, a kind of yellow arsenic
  2. (in extension) A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour; ochre.
    hartal:  
  3. 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

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hartal”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 399

Further reading