हलक़ा
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- हल्क़ा (halqā)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian حلقه (halqa), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
हलक़ा • (halqā) m (Urdu spelling حلقہ)
- circle
- सियासी हलक़े ― siyāsī halqe ― political circles
- ring, hoop, loop
- company or group (as of people)
- an area delimited by a boundary line; zone, region, area
- (law, Jammu-Kashmir) an area comprising a village or contiguous number of villages as may be determined by the election authority[1]
Declension[edit]
Declension of हलक़ा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- हल्का पंचायत (halkā pañcāyat)
Descendants[edit]
→ English: halqa
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “halqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press