मेला

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀮𑀕 (melaga), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /meː.lɑː/, [meː.läː]

Noun

मेला • (melā) m (Urdu spelling میلَہ)

1. festival, fair

   Synonyms: उत्सव (utsav), त्यौहार (tyauhār)

   उसी गाँव में साल में चार बार बड़ा मेला होता है।

   usī gā̃v mẽ sāl mẽ cār bār baṛā melā hotā hai.

   In that very village a great festival takes place four times per year.

2. (Hinduism) mela (the Hindu religious festival)

Declension

Declension of मेला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेला melā	मेले mele
oblique	मेले mele	मेलों melõ
vocative	मेले mele	मेलो melo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press