New American Oxford Dictionary
hartal
hartal |ˈhɑːtɑːl, ˈhəːtɑːl | ▶noun (in South Asia ) a closure of shops and offices as a protest or a mark of sorrow. ORIGIN from Hindi haṛtāl, haṭtāl, literally ‘locking of shops ’, from Sanskrit haṭṭa ‘market ’ + Hindi tāla ‘lock ’.
Oxford Dictionary
hartal
hartal |ˈhɑːtɑːl, ˈhəːtɑːl | ▶noun (in South Asia ) a closure of shops and offices as a protest or a mark of sorrow. ORIGIN from Hindi haṛtāl, haṭtāl, literally ‘locking of shops ’, from Sanskrit haṭṭa ‘market ’ + Hindi tāla ‘lock ’.
Duden Dictionary
Hartal
Har tal Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Hart a l |das Hartal; Genitiv: des Hartals Kunstwort aus deutsch hart und dem chemischen Zeichen Al = Aluminium feste, leicht bearbeitbare Aluminiumlegierung