hartal
noun
[ ˈhɑːtɑːl ]
• (in South Asia) a closure of shops and offices as a protest or a mark of sorrow.
• "the town observed a complete hartal"
Origin:
from Hindi haṛtāl, haṭtāl, literally ‘locking of shops’, from Sanskrit haṭṭa ‘market’ + Hindi tāla ‘lock’.
