मेल
Hindi
FWOTD – 8 October 2017
Pronunciation
- 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
Declension of मेल | ||
---|---|---|
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
- (uncountable) mail
- Synonym: डाक (ḍāk)
- (uncountable, computing) email
- Synonym: ई-मेल (ī-mel)