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]
- (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


Iranian Persian	حمله
Dari	حمله
Tajik	ҳамла

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

(military, sports) attack
Antonym: دفاع (defâ')

― 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: hamlā
Hindi: हमला
Urdu: حَمْلَہ (hamla)
- → Phalura: hamlá
→ Pashto: حمله (hamla)
→ Punjabi: hamlā
Gurmukhi: ਹਮਲਾ

Shahmukhi: حملہ
→ Turkish: hamle
→ Uzbek: hamla

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