حملة

See also: حمله, حملہ, جملة, and جمله

Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun from حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack), from the root ح م ل (ḥ-m-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.la/
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Noun

حَمْلَة (ḥamla) f (plural حَمَلَات (ḥamalāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack) (form I)
  2. attack (عَلَى (ʿalā) on)
    شَنَّ الْجَيْشُ حَمْلَةً عَسْكَرِيَّةً عَلَى مَوَاقِعِ الْعَدُوِّ
    šanna l-jayšu ḥamlatan ʿaskariyyatan ʿalā mawāqiʿi l-ʿaduwwi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. offensive
  4. campaign, expedition

Declension

References

  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), حمل”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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