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Word: Hartal
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
from Hindi haṛtāl, haṭtāl, literally ‘locking of shops’, from Sanskrit haṭṭa ‘market’ + Hindi tāla ‘lock’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɑːtɑːl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
hɑːˈtɑːl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in South Asia) a closure of shops and offices as a protest or a mark of sorrow
Short Definition:(in South Asia) closure of shops and offices as protest
Examples:- the town observed a complete hartal
- the valley was paralysed by hartal or curfews
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