मेखला
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेखला (mekhalā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /meːkʰ.lɑː/, [meːkʰ.läː]
Noun
मेखला • (mekhlā) f
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मेखला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4009
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मेखला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 831
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मेखला”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 618
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেখলা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬔᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- মেখলা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰏𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀔𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မေခလာ (Burmese script)
- મેખલા (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਖਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌖𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦑꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂎𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಖಲಾ (Kannada script)
- មេខលា (Khmer script)
- ເມຂລາ (Lao script)
- മേഖലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᡘᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘏𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠻᠠᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦯𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐏𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମେଖଲା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢓꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆒𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖏𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මෙඛලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩝𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚋𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- மேக²லா (Tamil script)
- మేఖలా (Telugu script)
- เมขลา (Thai script)
- མེ་ཁ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒐𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨌𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Apparently from two components मे (me) + खला (khalā, “support belt?”) (the latter also found in शृङ्खला (śṛṅkhalā, “chain, fetter”)), both of unclear origin; resemblance to Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit, axilla”) has been noted, though whether they are indeed related is uncertain.[1]
The first syllable, मे (me), has been alternately considered to be from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to bind”), or as a prefix fossilized in a putative borrowing from an Austroasiatic language.[2] The second component, खला (khalā), has not been explained.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́j.kʰɐ.lɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.kʰɐ.l̪ɑː/
Noun
मेख॑ला • (mékhalā) stem, f
- belt, girdle (of men and women)
- girth (of horses)
- (Hinduism) the triple girdle of the three twice-born castes
- zone
- investiture with the girdle
- slope (of a mountain)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेख॑ला (mékhalā) | मेख॑ले (mékhale) | मेख॑लाः (mékhalāḥ) |
| accusative | मेख॑लाम् (mékhalām) | मेख॑ले (mékhale) | मेख॑लाः (mékhalāḥ) |
| instrumental | मेख॑लया (mékhalayā) मेख॑ला¹ (mékhalā¹) |
मेख॑लाभ्याम् (mékhalābhyām) | मेख॑लाभिः (mékhalābhiḥ) |
| dative | मेख॑लायै (mékhalāyai) | मेख॑लाभ्याम् (mékhalābhyām) | मेख॑लाभ्यः (mékhalābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेख॑लायाः (mékhalāyāḥ) मेख॑लायै² (mékhalāyai²) |
मेख॑लाभ्याम् (mékhalābhyām) | मेख॑लाभ्यः (mékhalābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेख॑लायाः (mékhalāyāḥ) मेख॑लायै² (mékhalāyai²) |
मेख॑लयोः (mékhalayoḥ) | मेख॑लानाम् (mékhalānām) |
| locative | मेख॑लायाम् (mékhalāyām) | मेख॑लयोः (mékhalayoḥ) | मेख॑लासु (mékhalāsu) |
| vocative | मेख॑ले (mékhale) | मेख॑ले (mékhale) | मेख॑लाः (mékhalāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- → Assamese: মেখেলা (mekhela)
- → Tamil: மேகலை (mēkalai)
See also
- मेखल (mekhala)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “mékhalā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 374
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “mékhalā”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 680
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मेखला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0831, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मेखला”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press