मेल

See also: मल, मला, माल, माला, माली, मील, मूल, मैल, and मोल

Hindi

FWOTD – 8 October 2017

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेल (mela). See also मिलना (milnā, “to come together, join”) and मिलाना (milānā, “to mix, make joined”).

Noun

मेल • (mel) m

  1. union, joining, coming together
  2. concord, agreement
  3. mixture
    • 1803, Insha Allah Khan, Rānī ketkī kī kahānī [The Story of Queen Ketki]:
      यह वह कहानी है कि जिसमें हिंदी छुट
      और न किसी बोली का मेल है न पुट
      yah vah kahānī hai ki jismẽ hindī chuṭ
      aur na kisī bolī kā mel hai na puṭ
      This is the story that has in it "small" Hindi
      and there is no mixture with any language nor any seasoning of such
Declension
Declension of मेल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मेल
mel 		मेल
mel
oblique मेल
mel 		मेलों
melõ
vocative मेल
mel 		मेलो
melo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mail.

Noun

मेल • (mel) f

  1. (uncountable) mail
    Synonym: डाक (ḍāk)
  2. (uncountable, computing) email
    Synonym: ई-मेल (ī-mel)
Declension
Declension of मेल (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मेल
mel 		मेलें
melẽ
oblique मेल
mel 		मेलों
melõ
vocative मेल
mel 		मेलो
melo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • মেল (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬾᬮ (Balinese script)
  • মেল (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰸𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • မေလ (Burmese script)
  • મેલ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮੇਲ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑍇𑌲 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦺꦭ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂵𑂪 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮೇಲ (Kannada script)
  • មេល (Khmer script)
  • ເມລ (Lao script)
  • മേല (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᡝᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘹𑘩 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠧᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧚𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐾𑐮 (Newa script)
  • ମେଲ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢾꢭ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆼𑆬 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖸𑖩 (Siddham script)
  • මෙල (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩔𑩽 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚲𑚥 (Takri script)
  • மேல (Tamil script)
  • మేల (Telugu script)
  • เมล (Thai script)
  • མེ་ལ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒹𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨄𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root मिल् (mil) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

Noun

मेल • (mela) stem, m

  1. meeting, union, intercourse

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेल
singular dual plural
nominative मेलः (melaḥ) मेलौ (melau)
मेला¹ (melā¹) 		मेलाः (melāḥ)
मेलासः¹ (melāsaḥ¹)
accusative मेलम् (melam) मेलौ (melau)
मेला¹ (melā¹) 		मेलान् (melān)
instrumental मेलेन (melena) मेलाभ्याम् (melābhyām) मेलैः (melaiḥ)
मेलेभिः¹ (melebhiḥ¹)
dative मेलाय (melāya) मेलाभ्याम् (melābhyām) मेलेभ्यः (melebhyaḥ)
ablative मेलात् (melāt) मेलाभ्याम् (melābhyām) मेलेभ्यः (melebhyaḥ)
genitive मेलस्य (melasya) मेलयोः (melayoḥ) मेलानाम् (melānām)
locative मेले (mele) मेलयोः (melayoḥ) मेलेषु (meleṣu)
vocative मेल (mela) मेलौ (melau)
मेला¹ (melā¹) 		मेलाः (melāḥ)
मेलासः¹ (melāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • → Hindi: मेल (mel) (learned)

Further reading

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