محل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ل ل (ḥ-l-l)

Apparent noun of place from the root ح ل ل (ḥ-l-l); compare حَلَّ (ḥalla, “to solve, loosen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ħall/

Noun

مَحَلّ • (maḥall) m (plural مَحَالّ (maḥāll) or مَحَلَّات (maḥallāt))

1. place, location, spot, station

   هُمَا مَحَلَّانِ مَا لِلنَّاسِ غَيْرُهُمَـا فَانـْظُرْ لِنَفْسِك مَاذَا أَنْتَ مُخْتَارُ

   They are two places, people have none other than them * So look for yourself, which one will you choose?

2. store, shop

   Synonym: مَتْجَر (matjar)

3. residence, abode, quarter
4. time and opportunity
5. delay, respite
6. assembly in the house of a dead person

Declension

Declension of noun مَحَلّ (maḥall)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَلّ maḥall	الْمَحَلّ al-maḥall	مَحَلّ maḥall
Nominative	مَحَلٌّ maḥallun	الْمَحَلُّ al-maḥallu	مَحَلُّ maḥallu
Accusative	مَحَلًّا maḥallan	الْمَحَلَّ al-maḥalla	مَحَلَّ maḥalla
Genitive	مَحَلٍّ maḥallin	الْمَحَلِّ al-maḥalli	مَحَلِّ maḥalli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَلَّيْن maḥallayn	الْمَحَلَّيْن al-maḥallayn	مَحَلَّيْ maḥallay
Nominative	مَحَلَّانِ maḥallāni	الْمَحَلَّانِ al-maḥallāni	مَحَلَّا maḥallā
Accusative	مَحَلَّيْنِ maḥallayni	الْمَحَلَّيْنِ al-maḥallayni	مَحَلَّيْ maḥallay
Genitive	مَحَلَّيْنِ maḥallayni	الْمَحَلَّيْنِ al-maḥallayni	مَحَلَّيْ maḥallay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَالّ‎; مَحَلَّات maḥāll‎; maḥallāt	الْمَحَالّ‎; الْمَحَلَّات al-maḥāll‎; al-maḥallāt	مَحَالّ‎; مَحَلَّات maḥāll‎; maḥallāt
Nominative	مَحَالُّ‎; مَحَلَّاتٌ maḥāllu‎; maḥallātun	الْمَحَالُّ‎; الْمَحَلَّاتُ al-maḥāllu‎; al-maḥallātu	مَحَالُّ‎; مَحَلَّاتُ maḥāllu‎; maḥallātu
Accusative	مَحَالَّ‎; مَحَلَّاتٍ maḥālla‎; maḥallātin	الْمَحَالَّ‎; الْمَحَلَّاتِ al-maḥālla‎; al-maḥallāti	مَحَالَّ‎; مَحَلَّاتِ maḥālla‎; maḥallāti
Genitive	مَحَالَّ‎; مَحَلَّاتٍ maḥālla‎; maḥallātin	الْمَحَالِّ‎; الْمَحَلَّاتِ al-maḥālli‎; al-maḥallāti	مَحَالِّ‎; مَحَلَّاتِ maḥālli‎; maḥallāti

Derived terms

• مَحَلِّيّ (maḥalliyy, “local”)
• مَحَلَّة (maḥalla, “neighborhood”)

Descendants

• → Persian: محل
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਹਿਲ (mahil)

    Shahmukhi script: محل (mahal)

  • → Urdu: مَحَل (mahal)
• → Hausa: màhâllī
• → Ottoman Turkish: محل
  • → Turkish: mahal

Etymology 2

Root
م ح ل (m-ḥ-l)

Verb

مَحِلَ • (maḥila) I, non-past يَمْحَلُ‎ (yamḥalu)

1. to injure by malignant insinuation, to intrigue against, to delate against

Conjugation

Conjugation of

مَحِلَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun مَحْل)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَحْل maḥl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مَاحِل māḥil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَمْحُول mamḥūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَحِلْتُ maḥiltu	مَحِلْتَ maḥilta	مَحِلَ maḥila		مَحِلْتُمَا maḥiltumā	مَحِلَا maḥilā		مَحِلْنَا maḥilnā	مَحِلْتُمْ maḥiltum	مَحِلُوا maḥilū
	f		مَحِلْتِ maḥilti	مَحِلَتْ maḥilat			مَحِلَتَا maḥilatā			مَحِلْتُنَّ maḥiltunna	مَحِلْنَ maḥilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمْحَلُ ʔamḥalu	تَمْحَلُ tamḥalu	يَمْحَلُ yamḥalu		تَمْحَلَانِ tamḥalāni	يَمْحَلَانِ yamḥalāni		نَمْحَلُ namḥalu	تَمْحَلُونَ tamḥalūna	يَمْحَلُونَ yamḥalūna
	f		تَمْحَلِينَ tamḥalīna	تَمْحَلُ tamḥalu			تَمْحَلَانِ tamḥalāni			تَمْحَلْنَ tamḥalna	يَمْحَلْنَ yamḥalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمْحَلَ ʔamḥala	تَمْحَلَ tamḥala	يَمْحَلَ yamḥala		تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā	يَمْحَلَا yamḥalā		نَمْحَلَ namḥala	تَمْحَلُوا tamḥalū	يَمْحَلُوا yamḥalū
	f		تَمْحَلِي tamḥalī	تَمْحَلَ tamḥala			تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā			تَمْحَلْنَ tamḥalna	يَمْحَلْنَ yamḥalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمْحَلْ ʔamḥal	تَمْحَلْ tamḥal	يَمْحَلْ yamḥal		تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā	يَمْحَلَا yamḥalā		نَمْحَلْ namḥal	تَمْحَلُوا tamḥalū	يَمْحَلُوا yamḥalū
	f		تَمْحَلِي tamḥalī	تَمْحَلْ tamḥal			تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā			تَمْحَلْنَ tamḥalna	يَمْحَلْنَ yamḥalna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِمْحَلْ imḥal			اِمْحَلَا imḥalā				اِمْحَلُوا imḥalū
	f		اِمْحَلِي imḥalī							اِمْحَلْنَ imḥalna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُحِلْتُ muḥiltu	مُحِلْتَ muḥilta	مُحِلَ muḥila		مُحِلْتُمَا muḥiltumā	مُحِلَا muḥilā		مُحِلْنَا muḥilnā	مُحِلْتُمْ muḥiltum	مُحِلُوا muḥilū
	f		مُحِلْتِ muḥilti	مُحِلَتْ muḥilat			مُحِلَتَا muḥilatā			مُحِلْتُنَّ muḥiltunna	مُحِلْنَ muḥilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمْحَلُ ʔumḥalu	تُمْحَلُ tumḥalu	يُمْحَلُ yumḥalu		تُمْحَلَانِ tumḥalāni	يُمْحَلَانِ yumḥalāni		نُمْحَلُ numḥalu	تُمْحَلُونَ tumḥalūna	يُمْحَلُونَ yumḥalūna
	f		تُمْحَلِينَ tumḥalīna	تُمْحَلُ tumḥalu			تُمْحَلَانِ tumḥalāni			تُمْحَلْنَ tumḥalna	يُمْحَلْنَ yumḥalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمْحَلَ ʔumḥala	تُمْحَلَ tumḥala	يُمْحَلَ yumḥala		تُمْحَلَا tumḥalā	يُمْحَلَا yumḥalā		نُمْحَلَ numḥala	تُمْحَلُوا tumḥalū	يُمْحَلُوا yumḥalū
	f		تُمْحَلِي tumḥalī	تُمْحَلَ tumḥala			تُمْحَلَا tumḥalā			تُمْحَلْنَ tumḥalna	يُمْحَلْنَ yumḥalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمْحَلْ ʔumḥal	تُمْحَلْ tumḥal	يُمْحَلْ yumḥal		تُمْحَلَا tumḥalā	يُمْحَلَا yumḥalā		نُمْحَلْ numḥal	تُمْحَلُوا tumḥalū	يُمْحَلُوا yumḥalū
	f		تُمْحَلِي tumḥalī	تُمْحَلْ tumḥal			تُمْحَلَا tumḥalā			تُمْحَلْنَ tumḥalna	يُمْحَلْنَ yumḥalna

Verb

مَحُلَ or مَحَلَ or مَحِلَ • (maḥila or maḥala or maḥula) I, non-past يَمْحَلُ or يَمْحُلُ‎ (yamḥalu or yamḥulu)

1. to be sterile, to be barren

Conjugation

Conjugation of

مَحِلَ

(form-I sound, verbal nouns مَحْل or مَحَالَة)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						مَحْل or مَحَالَة maḥl or maḥāla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مَاحِل māḥil
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَحِلْتُ maḥiltu	مَحِلْتَ maḥilta	مَحِلَ maḥila		مَحِلْتُمَا maḥiltumā	مَحِلَا maḥilā		مَحِلْنَا maḥilnā	مَحِلْتُمْ maḥiltum	مَحِلُوا maḥilū
	f		مَحِلْتِ maḥilti	مَحِلَتْ maḥilat			مَحِلَتَا maḥilatā			مَحِلْتُنَّ maḥiltunna	مَحِلْنَ maḥilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمْحَلُ ʔamḥalu	تَمْحَلُ tamḥalu	يَمْحَلُ yamḥalu		تَمْحَلَانِ tamḥalāni	يَمْحَلَانِ yamḥalāni		نَمْحَلُ namḥalu	تَمْحَلُونَ tamḥalūna	يَمْحَلُونَ yamḥalūna
	f		تَمْحَلِينَ tamḥalīna	تَمْحَلُ tamḥalu			تَمْحَلَانِ tamḥalāni			تَمْحَلْنَ tamḥalna	يَمْحَلْنَ yamḥalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمْحَلَ ʔamḥala	تَمْحَلَ tamḥala	يَمْحَلَ yamḥala		تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā	يَمْحَلَا yamḥalā		نَمْحَلَ namḥala	تَمْحَلُوا tamḥalū	يَمْحَلُوا yamḥalū
	f		تَمْحَلِي tamḥalī	تَمْحَلَ tamḥala			تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā			تَمْحَلْنَ tamḥalna	يَمْحَلْنَ yamḥalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمْحَلْ ʔamḥal	تَمْحَلْ tamḥal	يَمْحَلْ yamḥal		تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā	يَمْحَلَا yamḥalā		نَمْحَلْ namḥal	تَمْحَلُوا tamḥalū	يَمْحَلُوا yamḥalū
	f		تَمْحَلِي tamḥalī	تَمْحَلْ tamḥal			تَمْحَلَا tamḥalā			تَمْحَلْنَ tamḥalna	يَمْحَلْنَ yamḥalna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِمْحَلْ imḥal			اِمْحَلَا imḥalā				اِمْحَلُوا imḥalū
	f		اِمْحَلِي imḥalī							اِمْحَلْنَ imḥalna

Noun

مَحْل • (maḥl) m

1. verbal noun of مَحَلَ (maḥala) (form I)
2. verbal noun of مَحِلَ (maḥila) (form I)
3. sterility, barrenness, dearth
4. an unidentified fish
   • 1154, al-ʾIdrīsīy, نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق, الإقليم الأول - الجزء الثاني; commented by Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Goeje, Michael Jan (1866) Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne par Edrîsî‎^[1] (in French), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 378

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     وهذه البحيرة من أعاجيب الدنيا وذلك أن بها اثني عشر نوعاً من السمك يوجد منها في كل شهر نوع واحد لا يمتزج بغيره من أصناف السمك فإذا تم الشهر لم يوجد شيء من ذلك النوع في الشهر الآتي ثم يوجد في الشهر الآتي صنف من السمك آخر غير الصنف الأول لا يمتزج بغيره هكذا لكل شهر نوع من السمك لا يمتزج بسمك غيره إلى كمال السنة هكذا في كل عام وهذه الاثنا عشر نوع من الحوت التي ذكرناها هي البوري والقاجوج والمحل والطلنط والاشبلينيات والشلبة والقاروض واللاج والجوجة والكحلاء والطنفلو والقلا.

     This lake is one of the wonders of the world, for it has twelve species of fish, each month one is found therein, not mixing with any other species than itself, and when the month ends, nothing of that fish is found in the coming month, then in the coming month an other kind of fish is encountered, different from the first kind and not mixing with anything other than itself, thus every month a species of fish that does not mix with other fish, up to completion of a year and so every year, and these twelve species of fish that we have related are [a list of fish follows, some of which are unidentifiable].

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek μοχλός (mokhlós, “bar, lever”)..

Alternative forms

• مُخْل (muḵl), مَحَال (maḥāl), مَحَالَة (maḥāla), مَخَال／مِخَال／مُخَال (maḵāl), مِيخَال (mīḵāl)

Noun

مُحْل • (muḥl) m

1. (archaic) block and tackle, muffle, lever
   • a. 943, سنان بن ثابت, edited by Mohammed Abattouy, On the Theory of Simple Machines, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin MS 3306‎^[2]:

     المحل: لا فرق بينه وبين القرسطون في حكمه

     The lever: There is no difference between it and the steelyard.

   • 1377, Ibn Khaldun, Prolegomena‎^[3]:

     وَرُبَّمَا يَتَوَهَّمُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى آثَارِ ٱلْأَقْدَمِينَ وَمَصَانِعِهِمِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ مِثْلَ إِيوَانِ كِسْرَى وَأَهْرَامِ مِصْرَ وَحَنَايَا ٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ وَشَرْشَالَ بِٱلْمَغْرِبِ إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ بِقَدْرِهِمْ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ أَوْ مُجْتَمِعِينَ فَيَتَخَيَّلُ لَهُمْ أَجْسَامًا تُنَاسِبُ ذَٰلِكَ، أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هَٰذِهِ بِكَثِيرٍ فِي طُولِهَا وَقَدْرِهَا لِتُنَاسِبَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَدْرِ ٱلَّتِي صَدَرَتْ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَبَانِي عَنْهَا، وَيَغْفُلُ عَنْ شَأْنِ ٱلْهِنْدَامِ وَٱلْمُخَالِ وَمَا ٱقْتَضَتْهُ فِي ذَٰلِكَ ٱلصِّنَاعَةُ ٱلْهَنْدَسِيَّةُ.

     warubbamā yatawahhamu kaṯīrun mina n-nāsi ʔiḏā naẓara ʔilā ʔāṯāri l-ʔaqdamīna wamaṣāniʕihimi l-ʕaẓīmati miṯla ʔīwāni kisrā waʔahrāmi miṣra waḥanāyā l-muʕallaqati wašaršāla bi-l-maḡribi ʔinnamā kānat biqadrihim mutafarriqīna ʔaw mujtamiʕīna fayataḵayyalu lahum ʔajsāman tunāsibu ḏālika, ʔaʕẓamu min hāḏihi bikaṯīrin fī ṭūlihā waqadrihā litunāsiba baynahā wabayna l-qadri llatī ṣadarat tilka l-mabānī ʕanhā, wayaḡfulu ʕan šaʔni l-hindāmi wal-muḵāli wamā qtaḍathu fī ḏālika ṣ-ṣināʕatu l-handasiyyatu.

     Perhaps, if many think about the remnants of the ancients and their great buildings like the arcade-yard of Khusrow and the pyramids of Egypt and the connected cambers and Cherchell in the Maghreb, they were in their size piecemeal or collective work and one has to imagine their bodies to match that, much so in their length and scale to find an analogy between them and between the scale from which these buildings have risen; one fails to pay heed to the employment of machines duplicating power and the block and tackle and that which one availed oneself of in such engineering work.

Declension

Declension of noun مُحْل (muḥl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُحْل muḥl	الْمُحْل al-muḥl	مُحْل muḥl
Nominative	مُحْلٌ muḥlun	الْمُحْلُ al-muḥlu	مُحْلُ muḥlu
Accusative	مُحْلًا muḥlan	الْمُحْلَ al-muḥla	مُحْلَ muḥla
Genitive	مُحْلٍ muḥlin	الْمُحْلِ al-muḥli	مُحْلِ muḥli

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Noun

محل • (maḥall) m

1. store

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ل ل
1 term

مَحَل

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaħall/, [ˈmaħal]

Noun

مَحَل • (maḥall) m (plural مَحَلَّات (maḥallāt))

1. shop, store

   Synonym: مَكَان (makān)

2. place, location

   Synonym: دُكَّان (dukkān) (archaic)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħalː/

Noun

محل • (maḥall) m (plural محلات (maḥallāt))

1. place, location

   Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), موضع (mūḍaʕ, mūṭaʕ)

2. store

   Synonym: حانوت (ḥānūt)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ˈhall]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɦǽll]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɦǽll]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːǽll]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːǽll̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɦǽll̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɦǽll]

Readings
Classical reading?	mahall
Dari reading?	mahall
Iranian reading?	mahall
Tajik reading?	mahall

Noun

Dari	محل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳал, маҳалл

مَحَلّ • (mahall)

1. place, location

   Synonyms: مَکان (makân), جا (jâ)

   مَحَلِّ کار ― mahall-e kâr ― workplace

   محل تصادف ― mahall-e tasâdof ― location of the accident

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3786:

     در محل قهر این رحمت ز چیست
     اژدها را دست‌‌دادن راه کیست

     dar mahall-i qahr īn rahmat za čīst
     aždahā rā dast-dādan rāh kīst

     Wherefore this mercy in the place of vengeance?
     Whose way is it to give the hand to a dragon?”

2. residence, quarter

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮਹਿਲ (mahil)

  Shahmukhi script: محل (mahal)

• → Urdu: مَحَل (mahal)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محل (mahall), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: mǣ́lă IPA^(key): /mɛː˦lə̆/

Noun

محل • (mahal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹਿਲ)

1. mansion, palace
2. wife

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ل ل
7 terms

محلّ بهارات بتنباع فيه ― a shop in which spices are sold

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ħall/, [maˈħal]

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Noun

محلّ • (maḥall) m (plural محلّات (maḥallāt))

1. place, room

   Synonyms: مكان (makān), مطرح (maṭraḥ)

2. shop, store, department store

   Synonym: دكّان (dukkān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محل (mahall), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦəl/, /mɛ.ɦɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl, -əl

Noun

مَحَل • (mahal) m (formal plural محلات, Hindi spelling महल)

1. palace
2. woman's quarters

Declension

Declension of محل
	singular	plural
direct	محل (mahal)	محل (mahal)
oblique	محل (mahal)	محلوں (mahalō̃)
vocative	محل (mahal)	محلو (mahalō)

Further reading

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