mahalleh
Meanings
noun
- a primarily Jewish (esp. Iranian Jewish) neighborhood or part of a city
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Etymology
From Persian مَحَلِّه (mahalle, “neighborhood, quarter”). Compare Arabic مَحَلَّة (maḥalla, “district, quarter”), Uzbek mahalla (“quarter, district”), and Yiddish מאַהאַלע (mahale).
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