मेले

मेले • (mele) m

1. inflection of मेला (melā):
   1. oblique/vocative singular
   2. direct plural

See मेलो (melo).

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lɛː/

मेले • (mele) (Latin script mele, Kannada script ಮೆಲೆ)

1. first-person feminine singular perfect indicative of मर्चे (marce)
2. second-person feminine singular perfect indicative of मर्चे (marce)
3. third-person feminine singular perfect indicative of मर्चे (marce)

• मेलं (mela)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘹𑘩𑘹𑘽 (meleṃ), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀅 (maa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-illa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀢 (mata), from Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá). Doublet of मुडदा (muḍdā) and मृत (mrut).

Cognate with Hindi मुआ (muā), Gujarati મૂઉં (mūũ), Kachchi મુઓ (muo).

मेले • (mele) n

1. perfective of मरणे (marṇe, “to die”)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मेले”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेला”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मेला”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mr̥tá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press