محلة

See also: محله, مجلة, and مجله

Arabic

Etymology

From the verb حَلَّ (ḥalla, “to untie”), as in untying a pack horse or camel to make camp.

Noun

مَحَلَّة • (maḥalla) f (plural مَحَلَّات (maḥallāt))

1. way station, stopping place, stop, stopover, encampment
2. camp
3. district, section, territory, part, zone, quarter (of a city)
4. county, prefecture, canton, country

Declension

Declension of noun مَحَلَّة (maḥalla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَلَّة maḥalla	الْمَحَلَّة al-maḥalla	مَحَلَّة maḥallat
Nominative	مَحَلَّةٌ maḥallatun	الْمَحَلَّةُ al-maḥallatu	مَحَلَّةُ maḥallatu
Accusative	مَحَلَّةً maḥallatan	الْمَحَلَّةَ al-maḥallata	مَحَلَّةَ maḥallata
Genitive	مَحَلَّةٍ maḥallatin	الْمَحَلَّةِ al-maḥallati	مَحَلَّةِ maḥallati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَلَّتَيْن maḥallatayn	الْمَحَلَّتَيْن al-maḥallatayn	مَحَلَّتَيْ maḥallatay
Nominative	مَحَلَّتَانِ maḥallatāni	الْمَحَلَّتَانِ al-maḥallatāni	مَحَلَّتَا maḥallatā
Accusative	مَحَلَّتَيْنِ maḥallatayni	الْمَحَلَّتَيْنِ al-maḥallatayni	مَحَلَّتَيْ maḥallatay
Genitive	مَحَلَّتَيْنِ maḥallatayni	الْمَحَلَّتَيْنِ al-maḥallatayni	مَحَلَّتَيْ maḥallatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحَلَّات maḥallāt	الْمَحَلَّات al-maḥallāt	مَحَلَّات maḥallāt
Nominative	مَحَلَّاتٌ maḥallātun	الْمَحَلَّاتُ al-maḥallātu	مَحَلَّاتُ maḥallātu
Accusative	مَحَلَّاتٍ maḥallātin	الْمَحَلَّاتِ al-maḥallāti	مَحَلَّاتِ maḥallāti
Genitive	مَحَلَّاتٍ maḥallātin	الْمَحَلَّاتِ al-maḥallāti	مَحَلَّاتِ maḥallāti

Related terms

• احتلال
• حل
• حلَة
• حلول
• حليل
• محتل
• محل
• محلول
• منحل

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic:
  • → Spanish: almofalla
• → Armenian: մահլա (mahla), մայլա (mayla), մահալլէ (mahallē), մահալա (mahala), մա̈հլա̈ (mählä), մա̈յհլա̈ (mäyhlä) (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish or Azeri)
• → Azerbaijani: məhlə, məhəllə
• → Bengali: মহল্লা (moholla)
• → Persian: محله (mahalle)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: محله (mahalla)

    • → English: mahallah
  • → Ottoman Turkish: محله (mahalle)
    • Turkish: mahalle
    • → Albanian: mëhallë
    • → Bulgarian: махала́ (mahalá), махла́ (mahlá)
    • → Greek: μαχαλάς (machalás)
    • → Ladino: maale
    • → Macedonian: маало (maalo)
    • → Romanian: mahala
    • → Serbo-Croatian: màhala / ма̀хала