Etymology

mahal

ma·hal
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Hindi महल ← Arabic مَحَلّ
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromمَحَلّ“place”
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromमहल
  3. English todaymahal

Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.