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)
- lawyering, law, attorneyship; the profession of a lawyer
- 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.
Declension
Derived terms
- वकालत करना (vakālat karnā)
Related terms
- वकालतनामा (vakālatnāmā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वकालत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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