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mahal

Syllables: ma·hal/məˈhɑːl/

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South Asia/məˈhəl/

mahal noun: a summerhouse.

Noun

mahal (plural mahals)

  1. (India) A summerhouse.
  2. (India) Private lodgings.
  3. (India, historical) A territorial division of pre-independence India.
  4. (India) A division of a farm.
  5. (India) A division of a hunting preserve.

Proper noun capitalized: Mahal

Mahal

  1. The Dhivehi language

mahal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

mahal in Hindi

माहल

mahal in Tamil

மண்டபம்

mahal in Urdu

مہال

mahal in Bengali

mahal; administrative division of a taluk
মহল mohol
More languagesFewer languages
mahal in Telugu
మహల్, మహాల్
mahal in Malayalam
മഹൽ, മഹാൽ
mahal in Kannada
ಮಹಲ್, ಮಹಾಲ್
mahal in Punjabi
ਮਾਹਲ
mahal in Odia
ମହଲ୍, ମହାଲ୍
mahal in Nepali
माहल

Forms of mahal

pluralmahals
alternative form (archaic)mahaul
alternative form (archaic)mehal
alternative form (archaic)mehaul

Plural of mahal: mahals

Origin of mahal

Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”).

Phrases with mahal

Questions about mahal

What does mahal mean?
Mahal means a summerhouse.
What is mahal in Hindi?
Mahal in Hindi is माहल. See Mahal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mahal?
Mahal can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mahal?
Mahal is pronounced /məˈhəl/ (South Asia).
What is the plural of mahal?
The plural of mahal is mahals.

Words near mahal in the dictionary

  1. Mahajir
  2. Mahajirs
  3. mahajun
  4. mahajuns
  5. Mahakala
  6. mahal
  7. mahala
  8. Mahalakshmi
  9. Mahalapye
  10. mahalas
  11. Mahalaxmi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mahal (page history and authors); Mahal (page history and authors); mahal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mahal (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); মহল (Bengali) (page history and authors); mahal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahal (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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