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حَمْلَة

campaign /ˈħam.la/

nounB1#1745 most common

Also: military expedition, attack, charge, drive (organized effort)

Example sentences

هَذِهِ حَمْلَة كَبِيرَة.
This is a big campaign.
بَدَأَتِ الحَمْلَة الجَدِيدَة اليَوْم.
The new campaign started today.
أَطْلَقَتِ الشَّرِكَة حَمْلَة إِعْلانِيَّة عَلَى التِّلْفِزْيُون.
The company launched an advertising campaign on television.
نَظَّمَتِ الوِزَارَة حَمْلَة لِتَنْظِيفِ الشَّوَارِع.
The ministry organized a campaign to clean the streets.
قَادَ الجَيْشُ حَمْلَة عَسْكَرِيَّة عَلَى الحُدُود الشَّمَالِيَّة.
The army led a military campaign on the northern border.
شَنَّتِ المُنَظَّمَة حَمْلَة وَاسِعَة لِلتَّوْعِيَة بِمَخَاطِر التَّدْخِين رَغْمَ مُعَارَضَةِ بَعْضِ الجِهَات.
The organization waged a broad campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking, despite opposition from some quarters.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeحَمْلَةٌحَمَلاتٌ
Genitiveحَمْلَةٍحَمَلاتٍ
Accusativeحَمْلَةًحَمَلاتٍ
Vocativeيا حَمْلَةُيا حَمَلاتُ

Word family

حَمَلَto carry, to bear
حِمْلload, burden
حَامِلcarrying; pregnant; carrier
حَمَّالporter
تَحَمَّلَto endure, to bear

Etymology

The word comes from the triliteral root ح-م-ل (ḥ-m-l), meaning to carry or to bear. From the sense of carrying or bearing down on something came the meaning of an attack or a charge, and from there the idea of an organized assault or campaign. Modern Arabic extended it to any concerted effort, such as an advertising or awareness campaign.

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