حملہ

See also: حمله, حملة, جملة, and جمله

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حمله (hamla), from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəm.lɑ(ː)/

Noun

حَمْلَہ • (hamla) m (Hindi spelling हमला)

1. attack; invasion; assault

   رہنما پر حملے کی مذمت کی گئی۔

   rahnumā par hamle kī mazammat kī gaī.

   The attack on the leader was condemned.

   دہشت گرد حملہ

   dehśat-gard hamla

   terrorist attack

   خودکش حملہ

   xudkuś hamla

   suicide attack

Declension

Declension of حملہ
	singular	plural
direct	حَمْلَہ (hamlah)	حَمْلے (hamle)
oblique	حَمْلے (hamle)	حَمْلوں (hamlõ)
vocative	حَمْلے (hamle)	حَمْلو (hamlo)

Related terms

• حملہ کرنا (hamla karnā, “to attack”)

Further reading

• “حملہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “حمله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 481
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حملہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 278