मेल

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

Hindi

FWOTD – 8 October 2017

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) 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

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

• अनमेल (anmel)
• तालमेल (tālmel)
• मेली (melī)
• संमेलन (sammelan)
• समामेलन (samāmelan)
• सम्मेलन (sammelan)
• हेलमेल (helmel)
• हेलीमेली (helīmelī)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meː.l̪ɐ/

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

• Monier Williams (1899), “मेल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833, column 3.