mahallah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu محله‎ (mahalla), Hindi मुहल्ला (muhallā), from Persian محله‎ (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة‎ (maḥalla).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈhalə/

Noun

mahallah (plural mahallahs)

  1. (chiefly South Asia) A subdivision or neighborhood.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, page 483:
      ‘His Majesty signed the search warrant. We are combing the third muhalla now.’
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