English
hartal
Hartal comes from Hindi हड़ताल ‘strike, hartal’, and goes back to Gujarati હડતાળ ‘closing of markets’.
- Gujaratimodernહડતાળhaḍtāḷ‘closing of markets’
- Hindic. 1500–presentहड़तालhaṛtāl‘strike, hartal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974hartal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Gujaratimodernહડતાળhaḍtāḷ‘closing of markets’
- Hindic. 1500–presentहड़तालhaṛtāl‘strike, hartal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974hartal
Earliest quotation: 1974, Judith M. Brown, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922: “There were slight disturbances in Karachi and Bombay city,…”
The story
Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”.
Every English word from Gujarati હડતાળ
Today it means
noun the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Gujarati હડતાળ / hartal