حمله

See also: حملة, حملہ, جملة, and جمله

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حَمَلَ (ḥamala)

Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla)bor.

Persian

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla), from حَمَلَ (ḥamala).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ham.ˈla/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.lá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.lá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.lá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.lé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.lá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hamla
Dari reading^?	hamla
Iranian reading^?	hamle
Tajik reading^?	hamla

Noun


Iranian Persian	حمله
Dari	حمله
Tajik	ҳамла

حَمْله • (hamle) (plural حملات (hamalât, hamelât), or حمله‌ها)

(military, sports) attack
Antonym: دفاع (defâ')

― hamle-ye teroristi ― terrorist attack
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2918:
  پردلان در جنگ هم از بیم جان، حمله کرده سوی صف دشمنان
  pordelân dar jang ham az bim-e jân, hamle kard suy-e saff-e došmanân.
  The courageous, also from fear for their lives, have charged towards the ranks of the enemy.

Derived terms

(compound verbs)

حمله کردن (hamle kardan, “to attack”)

(others)

حملهٔ انتحاری (hamle-ye entehâri, “suicide attack”)
حمله‌ور (hamle-var, “attacking”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: həmlə
→ Bengali: হামলা (hamla)
→ Gujarati: હુમલો (humlo)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हमला (hamlā)
Urdu: حَمْلَہ (hamlā)
- → Palula: hamlá
→ Pashto: حمله (hamla)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਹਮਲਾ (hamlā)

Shahmukhi script: حملہ (hamlā)
→ Turkish: hamle
→ Turkmen: hemle
→ Uzbek: hamla