mahala

English

Noun

mahala (plural mahalas)

  1. A neighborhood or residential area in Balkan countries.

Ngazidja Comorian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic محل (maḥall).

Noun

mahala

  1. place

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.haˈla/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧la

Noun

mahala f (plural mahalale or (archaic, very rare) măhălăli)

  1. (archaic) neighborhood
  2. (historical) suburb
  3. (by extension) slum

Declension
Declension of mahala
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) mahala mahalaua (niște) mahalale mahalalele
genitive/dative (unei) mahalale mahalalei (unor) mahalale mahalalelor
vocative mahala mahalalelor

Derived terms

Collocations
  • de mahala ― uncultured, low class

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mǎxala/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧la

Noun

màhala f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀хала)

  1. (regional) city block
    Synonym: (regional) kvart
  2. (regional) street
    Synonym: ulica

Declension
Declension of mahala
singular plural
nominative màhala mahale
genitive mahale mȁhālā
dative mahali mahalama
accusative mahalu mahale
vocative mahalo mahale
locative mahali mahalama
instrumental mahalom mahalama

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Noun

mahala (pa class, plural mahala)

  1. Alternative form of pahali

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

Noun

mahala

  1. embers
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