mahala
English edit
Noun edit
mahala (plural mahalas)
- A neighborhood or residential area in Balkan countries.
Ngazidja Comorian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic محل (maḥall).
Noun edit
mahala
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mahala f (plural mahalale or (archaic, very rare) măhălăli)
- (archaic) neighborhood
- (historical) suburb
- (by extension) slum
Declension edit
Declension of mahala
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) mahala | mahalaua | (niște) mahalale | mahalalele |
genitive/dative | (unei) mahalale | mahalalei | (unor) mahalale | mahalalelor |
vocative | mahala | mahalalelor |
Derived terms edit
Collocations edit
- de mahala ― uncultured, low class
References edit
- mahala in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
màhala f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀хала)
Declension edit
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
mahala (pa class, plural mahala)
- Alternative form of pahali
Venda edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.
Noun edit
mahala