hartal
/ˈhɑː.tɑːl/noun
hartal is spelled H-A-R-T-A-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hartal means “the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hartal is hartals.
How many letters and syllables are in hartal?
| Letters | 6: H-A-R-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hartal?
Hartal appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hartal?
- UK /ˈhɑː.tɑːl/
Hartal has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hartal.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-hartal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hartal
- hartals plural
- hadtal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hartal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hartal come from?
Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).