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 • (mel) m
- union, joining, coming together
- concord, agreement
- 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
- yah vah kahānī hai ki jismẽ hindī chuṭ
- यह वह कहानी है कि जिसमें हिंदी छुट
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मेल mel |
मेल mel |
| oblique | मेल mel |
मेलों melõ |
| vocative | मेल mel |
मेलो melo |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
मेल • (mel) f