محلہ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: màllā IPA^(key): /mə˨l.läː/

Noun

محلہ • (mahallā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹੱਲਾ)

1. neighbourhood, suburb

   Synonym: گَوَانڈھ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محله (mahalla), taken from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla). Compare Bengali মহল্লা (moholla) and Punjabi محلہ (mahallā)/ਮਹੱਲਾ (mahallā).

Pronunciation

• (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

مَحَلَّہ • (mahalla) m (formal plural مَحَلَّات (mahallāt), Hindi spelling महल्ला or मोहल्ला or मुहल्ला)

1. neighborhood; quarter (mahallah)
2. (by extension) a ward, locality
3. encampment, army camp

Declension

Declension of محلہ
	singular	plural
direct	محلَہ (mahallah)	محلے (mahalle)
oblique	محلے (mahalle)	محلوں (mahallõ)
vocative	محلے (mahalle)	محلو (mahallo)

Descendants

• → English: mahallah

References

• “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.