Borrowed fromHindiमहल(mahal), fromArabicمَحَلّ(maḥall,“place”).
mahal (pluralmahals)(India)
- Asummerhouse.
- Privatelodgings.
- (historical) Aterritorialdivision of pre-independenceIndia.
- A division of afarm.
- A division of ahuntingpreserve.
- Henry Yule,A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mehaul”, inWilliam Crooke, editor,Hobson-Jobson […] , London:John Murray, […],page566.
- H. H. Wilson (1855) “mahal”, inA Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms: […] , W. H. Allen & Co.,→OCLC,page318
Borrowed fromMalaymahal.
- IPA(key): /maˈhal/ [maˈhal̪]
- IPA(key): /maˈʔal/ [maˈʔal̪](h-dropping)
- Hyphenation:ma‧hal
mahál (pluralmarahal,intensifiedmahalon,plural intensifiedmarahalon,Basahan spellingᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
- expensive,costly
- Antonym:barato
Mahal na baga an koriyente.- Electricity is alreadyexpensive.
mahál (intensifiedmahalon,Basahan spellingᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
- (literary, poetic)dear,beloved
- Synonyms:padangat,padaba
mahál (Basahan spellingᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
- (literary, poetic)loved one;darling;sweetheart
- Synonyms:padangat,padaba
Borrowed fromMalaymahal.
- Hyphenation:ma‧hal
- IPA(key): /maˈhal/ [mɐˈhal̪]
mahál (Badlit spellingᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
- dear;cherished
- expensive;costly
- Antonym:barato
FromMalaymahal, fromSanskritमहार्घ(mahārgha).
mahal
- expensive
- Synonym:(slang)mehong
- Antonym:murah
- rare;hard tofind
- Synonyms:sulit,jerang
FromSanskritमहार्घ(mahārgha).
- IPA(key): (Standard)/mahal/,(Kelantan)[maha]
- Hyphenation:ma‧hal
- Rhymes:-al
mahal (Jawi spellingماهل)
- expensive
- Indonesian:mahal(“expensive”)
- → Tagalog:mahal(“dear, precious; expensive”)
- → Bikol Central:mahal(“dear, expensive”)
- → Cebuano:mahal(“dear, expensive”)
- → Waray-Waray:mahál(“expensive”)
FromProto-West Germanic*mahl,*maþl, fromProto-Germanic*mahlą,*maþlą(“assembly, council”).
mahal n
- court,judicialassembly
- agreement,contract
- covenant,marriagevows
Possibly fromSanskritमहार्घ(mahārgha) viaMalaymahal. CompareKapampanganmal,Bikol Centralmahal,Cebuanomahal,Asimahay, andJavaneseꦩꦲꦭ꧀(mahal).
mahál (Baybayin spellingᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
- dear;precious;cherished
- Synonyms:mahalaga,lab
Mahal kong Maynila, sayo'y hindi mawawalay.- Mydear Manila, I won't part ways from you.
- Mahal na [mga] Araw ―Holy Week (literally, “Valued Days”)
- expensive;high-priced
- Synonyms:magastos,(gay slang)maharlika,(gay slang)Mahalia Jackson
- Antonym:mura
- mahal na pang-matrikula ―expensive tuition fee
- (archaic)noble;exalted
- Synonyms:dakila,kagalang-galang,maginoo,maharlika,noblesa,marangal,pinagmamalaki
- (obsolete)grave;serious
- Synonym:grabe
mahál (Baybayin spellingᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
- beloved
- Synonyms:ibig,irog
O akingmahal, sadyang pinagtagpo tayo ng tadhana!- O mybeloved, we have been led to meet by fate!
- expensiveitems
- → Bikol Central:mahal(“dear, expensive”)
- → Cebuano:mahal(“dear, expensive”)
FromOttoman Turkishمحل(mahal), fromArabicمَحَلّ(maḥall).
mahal (definite accusativemahalli,pluralmahaller)
- place,location;post
- The Arabic plural ismahâl with a long vowel.
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mahall”, inOsmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu,page674
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahal”, inNişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013),The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık,→ISBN
Borrowed fromArabicمَحَلّ(maḥall).
mahal (pluralmahallar)
- time(occurrence)
Borrowed fromMalaymahal.
- IPA(key): /maˈhal/,[maˈhal]
- Hyphenation:ma‧hal
mahál
- expensive
- Antonym:barato
