Meanings
plural mahallas · alternative mahallah · alternative mahallya · alternative mehalla · alternative mohalla · alternative muhalla
- South AsiaA subdivision or neighborhood.
The Gwalior of the Hindus seems to have perished, and the present town does not seem to go further back than the time of the first Mahomedans. Nearly all the mahallas bear Mahomedan names, […]
1883, J. B. Keith, Fortress Gwalior, page 15 - An armed formation of Arabs.
Three large mehalle, with an overall strength of over 1200 infantry and 400 cavalry, occupied the heart of the Gebel.
1986, Giorgio Rochat, Omar al-Mukhtar: The Italian Reconquest of Libya, Darf Publishers, page 43
Origin
- Arabicحَلَّ (ḥalla)
- Arabicمَحَلَّة (maḥalla)
- Classical Persianمَحَلَّه (mahalla)
- Urduمَحَلَّہ (mahalla)
- Classical Persianمَحَلَّه (mahalla)
- Hindiमुहल्ला (muhallā)
- Englishmahalla
Borrowed from Hindustani مَحَلَّہ (mahalla) / मुहल्ला (muhallā), from Classical Persian مَحَلَّه (mahalla), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).
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