# mahal
## English
### Alternative forms

* mahaul, mehal, mehaul (all archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈhɑːl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːl
* Hyphenation: ma‧hal

### Noun

mahal (plural mahals) (India)
* A summerhouse.
* Private lodgings.
* (historical) A territorial division of pre-independence India.
* A division of a farm.
* A division of a hunting preserve.

### Further reading

* Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mehaul”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 566.
* H. H. Wilson (1855) “mahal”, in A Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms: […] , W. H. Allen & Co., →OCLC, page 318

### Anagrams

* Halma, Hamal, almah, amlah, halma, hamal

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈhal/ [maˈhal̪]
* IPA: /maˈʔal/ [maˈʔal̪] (h-dropping)
* Hyphenation: ma‧hal

### Adjective

mahál (plural marahal, intensified mahalon, plural intensified marahalon, Basahan spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
* expensive, costly
    Antonym: barato
    Mahal na baga an koriyente.Electricity is already expensive.

### Adjective

mahál (intensified mahalon, Basahan spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
* (literary, poetic) dear, beloved
    Synonyms: padangat, padaba
    Mahal kong....Dear....

### Noun

mahál (Basahan spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
* (literary, poetic) loved one; darling; sweetheart
    Synonyms: padangat, padaba

#### Derived terms

* kamahalan
* magmahal
* mahalon
* pagmahal

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ma‧hal
* IPA: /maˈhal/ [mɐˈhal̪]

### Adjective

mahál (Badlit spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
* dear; cherished
* expensive; costly
    Antonym: barato

#### Derived terms

* kamahal
* mahalan
* mahalon
* momahal

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay mahal, from Sanskrit महार्घ (mahārgha).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈmahal/ [ˈma.hal]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ahal
* Syllabification: ma‧hal

### Adjective

mahal
* expensive
    Synonym: (slang) mehong
    Antonym: murah
* rare; hard to find
    Synonyms: sulit, jerang

#### Derived terms

* kemahalan
* memahal
* memahalkan
* semahal
* termahal
* mahal bicara
* mahal senyum

### Further reading

* “mahal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit महार्घ (mahārgha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Standard) /mahal/, (Kelantan) [maha]
* Hyphenation: ma‧hal
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

mahal (Jawi spelling ماهل)
* expensive

#### Derived terms

* kemahalan
* memahalkan

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: mahal (“expensive”)
* → Tagalog: mahal (“dear, precious; expensive”)
** → Bikol Central: mahal (“dear, expensive”)
** → Cebuano: mahal (“dear, expensive”)
* → Waray-Waray: mahál (“expensive”)

### Further reading

* “mahal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* māl

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mahl, *maþl, from Proto-Germanic *mahlą, *maþlą (“assembly, council”).

### Noun

mahal n
* court, judicial assembly
* agreement, contract
* covenant, marriage vows

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: mahel, māl
** German: Mahl

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit महार्घ (mahārgha) via Malay mahal. Compare Kapampangan mal, Bikol Central mahal, Cebuano mahal, Asi mahay, and Javanese ꦩꦲꦭ꧀ (mahal).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /maˈhal/ [mɐˈhal]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ma‧hal

### Adjective

mahál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
* dear; precious; cherished
    Synonyms: mahalaga, lab
    Mahal kong Maynila, sayo'y hindi mawawalay.My dear 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

### Noun

mahál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)
* beloved
    Synonyms: ibig, irog
    O aking mahal, sadyang pinagtagpo tayo ng tadhana!O my beloved, we have been led to meet by fate!
* expensive items

#### Derived terms

* kamahal-mahalan
* kamahalan
* kamahanlan
* magmahal
* mahal kita
* Mahal na Ina
* mahal na tao
* mahal na ugali
* mamahal
* mamahalin
* mapagkandiling pagmamahal
* mapagmahal
* mapamahal
* matimyas na pagmamahal
* minahal
* napakamahal
* pagmamahal
* pagmamahalan
* pakamahalin

#### Related terms

* halaga
* mahalaga
* maharlika

#### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: mahal (“dear, expensive”)
* → Cebuano: mahal (“dear, expensive”)

### References

* “mahal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محل (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

### Noun

mahal (definite accusative mahalli, plural mahaller)
* place, location; post

#### Usage notes

* The Arabic plural is mahâl with a long vowel.

#### Related terms

* mahalle (“neighborhood, quarter”)
* mahallî (“local”)

### References

* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mahall”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 674
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).

### Noun

mahal (plural mahallar)
* time (occurrence)

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mahal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈhal/, [maˈhal]
* Hyphenation: ma‧hal

### Adjective

mahál
* expensive
    Antonym: barato