Etymograph

English

mahalla

Mahalla comes from Hindi मुहल्ला ‘a neighborhood, suburb, locality’, from Arabic مَحَلَّة ‘way station, stopping place, stop, stopover,…’, and ultimately from حَلَّ ‘to dismount’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَلَّḥalla‘to dismount’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَحَلَّةmaḥalla‘way station, stopping place, stop, stopover, encampment’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentمَحَلَّهmahalla
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentमुहल्लाmuhallā‘a neighborhood, suburb, locality’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1883mahalla

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَلَّḥalla‘to dismount’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَحَلَّةmaḥalla‘way station, stopping place, stop, stopover, encampment’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentمَحَلَّهmahalla
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentमुहल्लाmuhallā‘a neighborhood, suburb, locality’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1883mahalla

Earliest quotation: 1883, J. B. Keith, Fortress Gwalior: “The Gwalior of the Hindus seems to have perished,…”

Every English word from Arabic حَلَّ

Today it means

noun A subdivision or neighborhood.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic حَلَّ / mahalla

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