वकालत

Hindi

FWOTD – 8 September 2019

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وکالت (wakālat, wikālat), from Arabic وَكَالَة (wakāla).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.kɑː.lət̪/, [ʋɐ.käː.lɐt̪]

Noun

वकालत • (vakālat) f (Urdu spelling وکالت)

  1. lawyering, law, attorneyship; the profession of a lawyer
  2. advocacy, support
    • 2018 February 15, शुजात बुखारी [śujāt bukhārī], “नज़रिया: क्या पाकिस्तान के मुद्दे पर टूटेगा बीजेपी-पीडीपी गठजोड़? [nazriyā: kyā pākistān ke mudde par ṭūṭegā bījepī-pīḍīpī gaṭhjoṛ?, Opinion: Will the BJP-PDP alliance break due to the issue of Pakistan?]”, in BBC Hindi:
      दोनों पार्टियों के बीच ये वैचारिक खाई एक बार फिर सामने आ गई जब सीएम महबूबा मुफ़्ती ने कश्मीर में जारी खून-खराबे का दौर ख़त्म होने के लिए पाकिस्तान से बातचीत शुरू होने की वकालत की.
      donõ pārṭiyõ ke bīc ye vaicārik khāī ek bār phir sāmne ā gaī jab sīem mahbūbā muftī ne kaśmīr mẽ jārī khūn-kharābe kā daur xatma hone ke lie pākistān se bātcīt śurū hone kī vakālat kī.
      The ideological differences between the two parties came forward again when CM Mehbooba Mufti advocated starting talks with Pakistan to end the ongoing bloodshed in Kashmir.

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