حمله

See also: حملة, حملہ, جملة, and جمله

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ham.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hamla
Dari reading?	hamla
Iranian reading?	hamle
Tajik reading?	hamla

Noun

Dari	حمله
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳамла

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

1. (military, sports) attack

   Antonym: دفاع (defâ')

   حملهٔ تروریستی ― hamle-ye teroristi ― terrorist attack

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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.

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:

  Hindi: हमला (hamlā)

  Urdu: حَمْلَہ (hamlā)

  • → Phalura: hamlá

• → Pashto: حمله (hamla)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਮਲਾ (hamlā)

  Shahmukhi script: حملہ (hamlā)

• → Turkish: hamle
• → Uzbek: hamla