حمله
Persian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حَمْلَة (ḥamla).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ham.ˈla]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæm.lé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [häm.lǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hamla |
| Dari reading? | hamla |
| Iranian reading? | hamle |
| Tajik reading? | hamla |
Noun
[edit]| Dari | حمله |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳамла |
حَمْله • (hamle) (plural حملات (hamalât, hamelât) or حملهها (hamle-hâ))
- (military, sports) attack
- Antonym: دفاع (defâ')
- حملهٔ تروریستی ― 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
[edit](compound verbs)
- حمله کردن (hamle kardan, “to attack”)
(others)
- حملهٔ انتحاری (hamle-ye entehâri, “suicide attack”)
- حملهور (hamle-var, “attacking”)