मुहल्ला

Hindi

Alternative forms

मोहल्ला (mohallā), महल्ला (mahallā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحَلَّة‎ (maḥalla).

Noun

मुहल्ला • (muhallā) m (Urdu spelling محله‎)

a neighborhood, suburb, locality; a ward

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मुहल्ला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 828

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