Where does “махала” come from?
махала (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish محله, from Arabic مَحَلَّة.
махала (Serbo-Croatian): city block; street
Ancestry of “махала”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | محله | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَحَلَّة | — |