mahala

English

Noun

mahala (plural mahalas)

  1. A neighborhood or residential area in Balkan countries.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

mahala f (plural mahalale)

  1. neighborhood
  2. suburb
  3. people who live in a suburb

Declension
declension of mahala
singular plural
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
  • mahalagiu
  • mahalagioaică

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
  2. (regional) street

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

Synonyms

Swahili

Noun

mahala (pa class, plural mahala)

  1. Alternative form of pahali
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