मेल

Hindi

FWOTD – 8 October 2017

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /meːl/
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

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

Noun

मेल • (melm

  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 • (melf

  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