mahalla , adj. and subst. ( cf. next, where etym. ; this form without -ka not recorded in Pali , tho cited from Fausböll Dhp. comm. , 315.23 , by Childers ; however, for this PTS ed. iii.116.12 has mahallik' itthi-; AMg. id. in mg. 1), ( 1 ) old; an old man, elder : Divy 329.1 ff. ( Tib. old man , Index, citing Feer ); 520.11 ff. ; Av ii.139.8 (all these prose); Mmk 592.20, 21 ; 593.5, 10 ; cf. °llakas 593.25 ( Mmk all vss ); ( 2 ) eunuch (so Skt. Lex. ): Mvy 3822 = Tib. ñug rum pa .
mahalla m. ( fr. Arabic محل mahall) a eunuch in a king's palace or in a harem, L.
(adj, adj, from mahā) large; great; extensive large; great; extensive Construction: √mah + ā + la mahā + la