Hindi Etymology Borrowed from Marathi घोटाळा (ghoṭāḷā). Pronunciation (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡʱoː.ʈɑː.lɑː/, [ɡʱoː.ʈäː.läː] Noun घोटाला • (ghoṭālā) m scam, fraud Synonyms: गोलमाल (golmāl), हेरा फेरी (herā pherī) Declension More information singular, plural ... singular plural direct घोटालाghoṭālā घोटालेghoṭāle oblique घोटालेghoṭāle घोटालोंghoṭālõ vocative घोटालेghoṭāle घोटालोghoṭālo Close Declension of घोटाला (masc ā-stem) References McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घोटाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University PressWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.