Etymology

mahalleh

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Today it means: a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city Full definition →

Persian مَحَلِّه
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  1. Persian · borrowed fromمَحَلِّه“neighborhood, quarter”
  2. English todaymahalleh

From Persian مَحَلِّه (mahalle, “neighborhood, quarter”). Compare Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla, “district, quarter”), Uzbek mahalla (“quarter, district”), and Yiddish מאַהאַלע (mahale).

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