حمله

See also: حملة‎, حملہ‎, جملة‎, and جمله‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْلَة‎ (ḥamla).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hamˈla/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /hamˈla/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hæmˈle/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /hamˈla/

Noun

Iranian Persian	حمله
Dari	حمله
Tajik	ҳамла (hamla)

حَمْله • (hamle) (plural حملات‎ (hamalât, hamelât) or حمله‌ها‎ (hamle-hâ))

(military, sports) attack
‏‎ ― hamle-ye teroristi ― terrorist attack
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2918:
  ‏پردلان در جنگ هم از بیم جان، حمله کرده سوی صف دشمنان‎
  pordelân dar jang ham az bim-e jân, hamle kard suy-e saff-e došmanân.
  The courageous, also from fear for their lives, have charged towards the ranks of the enemy.
Antonym: دفاع‎ (defâ')

Derived terms

(compound verbs)

حمله کردن‎ (hamle kardan, “to attack”)

(others)

حملهٔ انتحاری‎ (hamle-ye entehâri, “suicide attack”)
حمله‌ور‎ (hamle-var, “attacking”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: həmlə
→ Bengali: হামলা (hamla)
→ Gujarati: હુમલો (humlo)
→ Hindustani: hamlā
Hindi: हमला
Urdu: حَمْلَہ‎
- → Phalura: hamlá
→ Pashto: حمله‎ (hamla)
→ Punjabi: hamlā
Gurmukhi: ਹਮਲਾ

Shahmukhi: حملہ‎
→ Turkish: hamle
→ Uzbek: hamla

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