हलक़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حلقه (halqa), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦəl.qɑː/, [ɦɐl.qäː], /ɦəl.kɑː/, [ɦɐl.käː]

Noun

हलक़ा • (halqā) m (Urdu spelling حلقہ)

  1. circle
    सियासी हलक़े ― siyāsī halqe ― political circles
  2. ring, hoop, loop
  3. company or group (as of people)
  4. an area delimited by a boundary line; zone, region, area
    Synonyms: अंचल (añcal), ज़ोन (zon), इलाक़ा (ilāqā), क्षेत्र (kṣetra)
  5. (law, Jammu-Kashmir) an area comprising a village or contiguous number of villages as may be determined by the election authority[1]

Declension
Declension of हलक़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct हलक़ा
halqā		 हलक़े
halqe
oblique हलक़े
halqe		 हलक़ों
halqõ
vocative हलक़े
halqe		 हलक़ो
halqo

Derived terms
  • हल्का पंचायत (halkā pañcāyat)

Descendants

→ English: halqa

References
  1. THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT‎, 1989
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