حملہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حمله (hamla), from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦəm.lɑ(ː)/
Noun
حَمْلَہ • (hamla) m (Hindi spelling हमला)
- attack; invasion; assault
- رہنما پر حملے کی مذمت کی گئی۔
- rahnumā par hamle kī mazammat kī gaī.
- The attack on the leader was condemned.
- دہشت گرد حملہ
- dehśat-gard hamla
- terrorist attack
- خودکش حملہ
- xudkuś hamla
- suicide attack
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | حَمْلَہ (hamlah) | حَمْلے (hamle) |
| oblique | حَمْلے (hamle) | حَمْلوں (hamlõ) |
| vocative | حَمْلے (hamle) | حَمْلو (hamlo) |
Related terms
- حملہ کرنا (hamla karnā, “to attack”)
Further reading
- “حملہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “حمله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 481
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حملہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 278