हलक़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हल्क़ा (halqā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حلقه (halqa), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəl.qɑː/, [ɦɐl.qäː], /ɦəl.kɑː/, [ɦɐl.käː]

Noun

हलक़ा • (halqā) m (Urdu spelling حلقہ)

1. circle

   सियासी हलक़े ― siyāsī halqe ― political circles

2. ring, hoop, loop
3. company or group (as of people)
4. an area delimited by a boundary line; zone, region, area

   Synonyms: अंचल (añcal), ज़ोन (zon), इलाक़ा (ilāqā), क्षेत्र (kṣetra)

5. (law, Jammu-Kashmir) an area comprising a village or contiguous number of villages as may be determined by the election authority

Declension

Declension of हलक़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हलक़ा halqā	हलक़े halqe
oblique	हलक़े halqe	हलक़ों halqõ
vocative	हलक़े halqe	हलक़ो halqo

Derived terms

• हल्का पंचायत (halkā pañcāyat)

 

Descendants

→ English: halqa

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “halqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press