हवालात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَات (ḥawālāt), plural of حَوَالَة (ḥawāla) (whence हवाला (havālā)).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː.lɑːt̪/, [ɦɐ.ʋäː.läːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

हवालात • (havālāt) f (Urdu spelling حوالات)

1. police custody, incarceration

   Synonyms: हिरासत (hirāsat), क़ैद (qaid)

   अपराधी को हवालत में रखा गया।

   aprādhī ko havālat mẽ rakhā gayā.

   The criminal was taken into custody.

Declension

Declension of हवालात (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हवालात havālāt	हवालातें havālātẽ
oblique	हवालात havālāt	हवालातों havālātõ
vocative	हवालात havālāt	हवालातो havālāto

References

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