hartal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl).

Noun

hartal (plural hartals)

  1. (India) The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike
    • 1974, Judith M. Brown, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-1922, page 305:
      There were slight disturbances in Karachi and Bombay city, a hartal in Bombay city similar to the last one but probably helped by the news of Tilak's death, […]
    • 2004, Salahuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh: Past and Present, page 34:
      One of the special characteristics of Bangladesh politics is hartal politics, a legacy of tactics of political agitation, which was used, in pre-partition India […]
    • 2005, Acyuta Yājñika, ‎Suchitra Sheth, The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond:
      The eight-month-long hadtal and the accompanying hijrat or exodus reflect the collective strength of the Mahajan and their capacity to mobilize and organize.

Alternative forms

  • hadtal
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