मुहल्ला

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मोहल्ला (mohallā), महल्ला (mahallā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla)bor.

Classical Persian مَحَلَّه (mahalla)bor.

Hindi मुहल्ला

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَحَلَّه (mahalla), borrowed from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla), from حَلَّ (ḥalla).

Noun

मुहल्ला • (muhallā) m (Urdu spelling محلہ)

1. a neighborhood, suburb, locality; a ward

Declension

Declension of मुहल्ला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुहल्ला muhallā	मुहल्ले muhalle
oblique	मुहल्ले muhalle	मुहल्लों muhallõ
vocative	मुहल्ले muhalle	मुहल्लो muhallo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मुहल्ला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 828