mahallah

mahallah

English

Alternative forms

• mahalla, mahallya, mohalla, muhalla

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu محلہ‎ (maḥallah, muḥallah), 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.’