English

Alternative forms

• mahalla
• mahallya
• mohalla
• muhalla

Noun

mahallah ‎(plural mahallahs)

1. (chiefly South Asia) A subdivision or neighborhood.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, page 483:

     ‘His Majesty signed the search warrant. We are combing the third muhalla now.’