单词 | mohalla |
释义 | mohallan. Chiefly in South Asia: a neighbourhood or municipal ward, frequently one inhabited by a particular social group. Cf. mahal n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in India pargana1614 sirkar1627 zilla1772 district1776 mahal1793 taluk1793 mohalla1825 1825 A. Galloway Observ. Law & Constit. of India vi. 353 Every town was divided into its several mohullahs, or wards; and one..of its inhabitants, was appointed its head. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun xx. 225 In our mohulla (or quarter) seventy-two bodies were washed for the grave in one morning (there are twenty mohullas in Shiraz). 1920 M. Nehru Let. 25 Feb. in J. Nehru Bunch of Old Lett. (1958) 5 Public meetings to be held..in every town of the Panjab and in every mohalla of Amritsar. 1979 Times of India 17 Aug. 1/4 In the first stage, the curfew was relaxed from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in 30 mohallas. In the second phase, another 25 mohallas were brought under relaxed conditions for two hours from one p.m. to three p.m. 1991 Independent (Bombay) 6 Dec. 4/6 You have stated that it should not have been allowed to pass the Muslim mohalla. If this is accepted, Hindus in their own motherland would be virtually second-class citizens. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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