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mahalleh

mahalleh noun: a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city.

Noun

mahalleh (plural mahallehs or mahallat)

  1. (Jewish Iranian-American English) a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city
    Synonyms:
    ghetto, Jewish quarter

Synonyms of mahalleh

Forms of mahalleh

pluralmahallehs
pluralmahallat

Origin of mahalleh

From Persian مَحَلِّه (mahalle, “neighborhood, quarter”). Compare Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla, “district, quarter”), Uzbek mahalla (“quarter, district”), and Yiddish מאַהאַלע (mahale).

Questions about mahalleh

What does mahalleh mean?
Mahalleh means a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city.
What part of speech is mahalleh?
Mahalleh is a noun.
What is the plural of mahalleh?
The plural of mahalleh is mahallehs.

Words near mahalleh in the dictionary

  1. Mahalia
  2. mahalla
  3. mahallah
  4. mahallahs
  5. mahallas
  6. mahalleh
  7. mahallya
  8. mahallyas
  9. mahalo
  10. mahals
  11. Mahamad

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