mahallah

English

Alternative forms

mahalla, mahallya, mohalla, muhalla

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani محلہ / मुहल्ला (muhallā), from Classical Persian (mahalla), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /məˈhalə/

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.

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