mahallah
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani محلہ / मुहल्ला (muhallā), from Classical Persian محله (mahalla), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).
Pronunciation
Noun
mahallah (plural mahallahs)
- (chiefly South Asia) A subdivision or neighborhood.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 483:
- ‘His Majesty signed the search warrant. We are combing the third muhalla now.’
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 63:
- When she was young, Dolly was considered the most beautiful girl in the mohalla.