محلہ
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Punjabi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: màllā IPA(key): /mə˨l.läː/
Noun[edit]
محلہ • (mahallā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹੱਲਾ)
- neighbourhood, suburb
- Synonym: گَوَانڈھ
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian محله (mahalla), taken from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla). Compare Bengali মহল্লা (moholla) and Punjabi محلہ (mahallā)/ਮਹੱਲਾ (mahallā).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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[edit]
مَحَلَّہ • (mahalla) m (formal plural مَحَلَّات (mahallāt), Hindi spelling महल्ला or मोहल्ला or मुहल्ला)
- neighborhood; quarter (mahallah)
- (by extension) a ward, locality
- encampment, army camp
Declension[edit]
| Declension of محلہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | محلہ (mahallah) | محلے (mahalle) |
| oblique | محلے (mahalle) | محلوں (mahallõ) |
| vocative | محلے (mahalle) | محلو (mahallo) |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: mahallah
References[edit]
- “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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