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6-letter words (1 found)

HARTAL,

5-letter words (8 found)

ALTAR,ARHAT,ARTAL,LAHAR,LATAH,RATAL,RATHA,TALAR,

4-letter words (14 found)

ALAR,HAAR,HALT,HARL,HART,LATH,RATA,RATH,TAAL,TAHA,TAHR,TALA,TARA,THAR,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAH,AAL,AHA,ALA,ALT,ART,HAT,LAH,LAR,LAT,RAH,RAT,TAR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AH,AL,AR,AT,HA,LA,TA,

You can make 44 words from hartal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hartal

hartal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/

Noun

hartal (plural hartals)

  1. (South Asia, Malaysia) the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike. [early 20th C.]

Alternative forms

  • hadtal

Descendants

  • → Malay: hartal
    • Indonesian: hartal

See also

  • bandh

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhartal]
  • Hyphenation: har‧tal

Etymology 1

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

Noun

hartal (plural hartal-hartal, first-person possessive hartalku, second-person possessive hartalmu, third-person possessive hartalnya)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hartal (plural hartal-hartal, first-person possessive hartalku, second-person possessive hartalmu, third-person possessive hartalnya)

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

Further reading

  • “hartal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhartal]
  • Hyphenation: har‧tal

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, informal 1st possessive hartalku, 2nd possessive hartalmu, 3rd possessive hartalnya)

  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, informal 1st possessive hartalku, 2nd possessive hartalmu, 3rd possessive hartalnya)

  1. orpiment, a kind of yellow arsenic
  2. (in extension) A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour; ochre.
  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
  • (orpiment) artal, retal

References

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

Further reading

  • “hartal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Source: wiktionary.org