محل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Apparent noun of place from the root ح ل ل (ḥ l l); compare حَلَّ (ḥalla, to solve, loosen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ħall/

Noun

مَحَلّ (maḥall) m (plural مَحَالّ (maḥāll) or مَحَلَّات (maḥallāt))

  1. place, location, spot, station
  2. store, shop
  3. residence, abode, quarter
  4. time and opportunity
  5. delay, respite
  6. assembly in the house of a dead person
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the root م ح ل (m-ḥ-l)..

Verb

مَحِلَ (maḥila) I, non-past يَمْحَلُ‎ (yamḥalu)

  1. to injure by malignant insinuation, to intrigue against, to delate against
Conjugation

Verb

مَحُلَ or مَحَلَ or مَحِلَ (maḥila or maḥala or maḥula) I, non-past يَمْحَلُ or يَمْحُلُ‎ (yamḥalu or yamḥulu)

  1. to be sterile, to be barren
Conjugation

Noun

مَحْل (maḥl) m

  1. verbal noun of مَحَلَ (maḥala) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of مَحِلَ (maḥila) (form I)
  3. sterility, barrenness, dearth
  4. an unidentified fish
    • 1154, al-ʾIdrīsīy, نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق, الإقليم الأول - الجزء الثاني; commented by Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne; Goeje, Michael Jan (1866) Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne par Edrîsî (in French), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 378:
      وهذه البحيرة من أعاجيب الدنيا وذلك أن بها اثني عشر نوعاً من السمك يوجد منها في كل شهر نوع واحد لا يمتزج بغيره من أصناف السمك فإذا تم الشهر لم يوجد شيء من ذلك النوع في الشهر الآتي ثم يوجد في الشهر الآتي صنف من السمك آخر غير الصنف الأول لا يمتزج بغيره هكذا لكل شهر نوع من السمك لا يمتزج بسمك غيره إلى كمال السنة هكذا في كل عام وهذه الاثنا عشر نوع من الحوت التي ذكرناها هي البوري والقاجوج والمحل والطلنط والاشبلينيات والشلبة والقاروض واللاج والجوجة والكحلاء والطنفلو والقلا.
      This lake is one of the wonders of the world, for it has twelve species of fish, each month one is found therein, not mixing with any other species than itself, and when the month ends, nothing of that fish is found in the coming month, then in the coming month an other kind of fish is encountered, different from the first kind and not mixing with anything other than itself, thus every month a species of fish that does not mix with other fish, up to completion of a year and so every year, and these twelve species of fish that we have related are [a list of fish follows, some of which are unidentifiable].

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek μοχλός (mokhlós, bar, lever)..

Alternative forms

Noun

مُحْل (muḥl) m

  1. (archaic) block and tackle, muffle, lever
    • ante 943, سنان بن ثابت, Mohammed Abattouy, editor, On the Theory of Simple Machines, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin MS 3306:
      المحل: لا فرق بينه وبين القرسطون في حكمه
      The lever: There is no difference between it and the steelyard.
Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Noun

محل (maḥall) m

  1. store

Hijazi Arabic

مَحَل

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaħalː/

Noun

مَحَل (maḥall) m (plural مَحَلَّات (maḥallāt))

  1. shop, store
    Synonym: مَكَان (makān)
  2. place, location
    Synonym: دُكَّان (dukkān) (archaic)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maħalː/

Noun

محل (maḥall) m (plural محلات (maḥallāt))

  1. place, location
    Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), موضع (mūḍaʕ, mūṭaʕ)
  2. store
    Synonym: حانوت (ḥānūt)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /maˈhall/

Noun

Dari محل
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҳал (mahal), маҳалл (mahall)

محل (mahall)

  1. place, location
    Synonyms: مکان (makân), جا ()
  2. residence, quarter

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian محل (mahall), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Noun

محل (mahal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹਿਲ)

  1. mansion, palace
  2. wife

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ل ل
محلّ بهارات بتنباع فيهa shop in which spices are sold

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ħall/, [maˈħal]
  • (file)

Noun

محلّ (maḥall) m (plural محلّات (maḥallāt))

  1. place, room
    Synonyms: مكان (makān), مطرح (maṭraḥ)
  2. shop, store, department store
    Synonym: دكّان (dukkān)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian محل (mahall).

Pronunciation

Noun

محل (mahal) m (Hindi spelling महल)

  1. palace
  2. woman's quarters

Declension

Declension of محل
singular plural
direct محل (mahal) محل (mahal)
oblique محل (mahal) محلوں (mahalō̃)
vocative محل (mahal) محلو (mahalō)
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