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mahalleh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-halleh
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city

Etymology

From Persian مَحَلِّه (mahalle, “neighborhood, quarter”). Compare Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla, “district, quarter”), Uzbek mahalla (“quarter, district”), and Yiddish מאַהאַלע (mahale).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: مَحَلِّه

Inflected Forms

mahallehs (plural) mahallat (plural)

Phrases

maalé yahudí ייִדישע גאַס

Frequently Paired Words

מאַהאַלע juiverie ghetto Judengasse maalé yahudí djudería ייִדישע גאַס

Synonyms

ghetto Jewish quarter

Questions

What does mahalleh mean?
a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city
Where does mahalleh come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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