mahalleh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

mahalleh mahallehs mahallat

Etymology

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

Synonyms

ghetto Jewish quarter

Related words

מאַהאַלע juiverie ghetto Judengasse maalé yahudí djudería ייִדישע גאַס
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