mahala
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mahala¹
- /ma.haˈla/
Rhymes with -a
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محله (mahalle), from Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla). Doublet of Mehala.
noun mahalale · măhălăli · mahala · mahalaua · mahalalele
- slum
- suburb
- neighborhood
Mahala²
Where it comes from
From mahala.
proper noun
- a village in Corjova, Dubăsari Raion, Moldova
In English
- slum dilapidated neighborhood
Talk about this word "mahala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/mahala. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mahala. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/mahala "mahala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/mahala.Cite this
@misc{mahala_2026,
title = {mahala},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/mahala},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
