مصالحہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَصَالِحَه (masāliha), from Arabic مَصالِحَة (maṣāliḥa).

• IPA^(key): /mə̆ˈsaː˩˥l.lɪ̆aː/

مَصالِحَہ • (maṣāliḥah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸਾਲਿਹਾ or ਮਸਾਲਾ)

1. spices, seasoning
2. masala

From Classical Persian مصالح (maṣāliḥ, “affairs, materials, spices”), a plural of مصلحت (maslahat), itself borrowing from Arabic مَصْلَحَة (maṣlaḥa).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.sɑːl.ɦɑ(ː)/, /mə.sɑː.lɑ(ː)/
• (dated or formal) (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.sɑː.lɪ.ɦɑ(ː)/

مَصالِحہ or مَصالْحَہ • (masāliha or masālha) m (Hindi spelling मसाला)

1. spices, seasoning
2. masala
3. (slang) gossip, talk

• گرم مصالحہ (garm-masālha, “garam masala”)

• → English: masala

• “مصالحہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مصالحہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

From Urdu مصالحہ (masālah).

مصالحہ (masālah)

1. masala, spices