mahala

English

Noun

mahala (plural mahalas)

1. A neighborhood or residential area in Balkan countries.

Ngazidja Comorian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic محل (maḥall).

Noun

mahala

1. place

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla). Doublet of Mehala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.haˈla/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧la

Noun

mahala f (plural mahalale or (dated) măhălăli)

1. slum
2. (historical) suburb
3. (archaic) neighborhood

Declension

Declension of mahala

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mahala	mahalaua		mahalale	mahalalele
genitive-dative	mahalale	mahalalei		mahalale	mahalalelor
vocative	mahala			mahalalelor

Derived terms

• mahalagiu
• mahalagioaică

Collocations

• de mahala ― uncultured, low class

References

• “mahala”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎxala/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧la

Noun

màhala f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀хала)

1. (regional) city block

   Synonym: (regional) kvart

2. (regional) street

   Synonym: ulica

Declension

Declension of mahala

	singular	plural
nominative	màhala	mahale
genitive	mahale	mȁhālā
dative	mahali	mahalama
accusative	mahalu	mahale
vocative	mahalo	mahale
locative	mahali	mahalama
instrumental	mahalom	mahalama

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

mahala class XVI (no plural)

1. alternative form of pahali

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

Noun

mahala

1. embers