dharna

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dhar·na

D0189700 (där′nə, dûr′-) also dhur·na (dûr′nə)n. A hunger strike in which an aggrieved person or party sits down and refuses to move from a place associated with the party believed to be the source of the grievance, especially the entrance to a building or the door of a residence.
[Hindi dharnā, from Prakrit dharaṇa, from Sanskrit dharaṇam, act of supporting, stay; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

dharna

(ˈdʌnə; ˈdɑː-) or

dhurna

n (Law) (in India) a method of obtaining justice, as the payment of a debt, by sitting, fasting, at the door of the person from whom reparation is sought[C18: from Hindi, literally: a placing]

dhar•na

or dhur•na

(ˈdʌr nə)

n. (in India) the traditional practice of demanding redress for an offense or payment of a debt by fasting at the doorstep of the offender or debtor. [1785–95; < Hindi: placing]