Where the Romanian word “mahala” comes from
From Turkish.
- DEX ’98 says
Din tc. mahalle.
→ Turkish · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Turkish (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ottoman Turkish محله ← Arabic مَحَلَّة
- In film dialogue
- 2.3 times per million words · number 9,344 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 12 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 32 35 38 110 88 - Swap in a synonym
- cartier (French), margine (Inherited Latin), periferie (Learned Latin), vulgar (French), grosolan (Italian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
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