हवाला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː.lɑː/, [ɦɐ.ʋäː.läː]

Noun

हवाला • (havālā) m (Urdu spelling حوالہ)

1. reference, citing

   Synonyms: उल्लेख (ullekh), दृष्टांत (dŕṣṭānt)

   ... कि हवाला देना ― ... ki havālā denā ― to cite, refer to ...

2. charge, custody

   चोर को पकड़कर गाँववालों ने पुलिस के हवाले किया।

   cor ko pakaṛkar gā̃vvālõ ne pulis ke havāle kiyā.

   The villagers got the thief and gave him into police custody.

   हवाले करना ― havāle karnā ― to put into custody

3. money laundering
4. (Islamic finance) hawala

Declension

Declension of हवाला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हवाला havālā	हवाले havāle
oblique	हवाले havāle	हवालों havālõ
vocative	हवाले havāle	हवालो havālo

References

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