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

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

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)