mahalla
UK/məˈhalə/
mahalla noun: a subdivision or neighborhood.
Noun
mahalla (plural mahallas)
- A 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
mahalla meaning in Bengali
mahalla in Bengali
- mahalla, neighbourhood, quarter
- মহল্লা moholla
Forms of mahalla
| plural | mahallas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mahallah |
| alternative form | mahallya |
| alternative form | mehalla |
| alternative form | mohalla |
| alternative form | muhalla |
Origin of mahalla
Borrowed from Hindustani مَحَلَّہ (mahalla) / मुहल्ला (muhallā), from Classical Persian مَحَلَّه (mahalla), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).
Phrases with mahalla
Questions about mahalla
- What does mahalla mean?
- Mahalla means a subdivision or neighborhood.
- What is mahalla in Bengali?
- Mahalla in Bengali is মহল্লা (moholla). See Mahalla meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is mahalla?
- Mahalla is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mahalla?
- Mahalla is pronounced /məˈhalə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mahalla?
- The plural of mahalla is mahallas.
Words near mahalla in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mahalla (page history and authors); মহল্লা (Bengali) (page history and authors). 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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