محلہ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Noun

محلہ • (mahallā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹੱਲਾ)

  1. neighbourhood, suburb
    Synonym: گَوَانڈھ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محله (mahalla), taken from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla). Compare Bengali মহল্লা (moholla) and Punjabi محلہ (mahallā)/ਮਹੱਲਾ (mahallā).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.ɦəl.lɑ(ː)/, [mɛ.ɦɛl.lɑː]
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /moː.ɦəl.lɑː/, /mʊ.ɦəl.lɑ(ː)/, [mɔ.ɦɔl.lɑː]

Noun

مَحَلَّہ • (mahalla) m (formal plural مَحَلَّات (mahallāt), Hindi spelling महल्ला or मोहल्ला or मुहल्ला)

  1. neighborhood; quarter (mahallah)
  2. (by extension) a ward, locality
  3. encampment, army camp

Declension
Declension of محلہ
singular plural
direct محلہ (mahallah) محلے (mahalle)
oblique محلے (mahalle) محلوں (mahallõ)
vocative محلے (mahalle) محلو (mahallo)

Descendants
  • → English: mahallah

References
  • “محلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “محلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محلہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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