Pronunciations

Definitions

• interj. An expression often uttered when discussing a fortunate topic to ward off the evil eye or bad luck.

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Ladino
• Arabic / Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

• L mashala

  A مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ mā šāʔa llāhu

Who Uses This

• Syrian: Jews with recent ancestry in Syria
• Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• None

Alternative Spellings

mashala, masha allah, mashalla, mashalah, ma'shala