محلہ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Noun

مَحَلَّہ • (maḥallah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹੱਲਾ)

  1. neighbourhood, suburb
    Synonym: گَوَانڈھ‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محله‎ (mahalla), taken from Arabic مَحَلَّة‎ (maḥalla).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.ɦəl.lɑ(ː)/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /mʊ.ɦəl.lɑ(ː)/, [mo.ɦəl.lɑ(ː)]

Noun

مَحَلَّہ or مُحَلَّہ • (maḥalla or muḥalla) m (formal plural مَحَلَّات‎ (mahallāt), Hindi spelling महल्ला or मुहल्ला)

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

Declension
Declension of محلہ‎
singular plural
direct محلہ‎ (muḥallah) محلے‎ (muḥalle)
oblique محلے‎ (muḥalle) محلوں‎ (muḥallõ)
vocative محلے‎ (muḥalle) محلو‎ (muḥallo)

Descendants
  • → English: mahallah

Further reading
  • “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] (in 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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