As a Hindi name
मेल · noun · masculine
दो या अधिक वस्तुओं या व्यक्तियों के हकट्ठा होने का व्यापार अयवा भाव । मिलने की क्रिया या भाव । संयोग । समागम । मिलाप । मिलान · एक साथ प्रीतीपूर्वक रहने का भाव । अनबन का न रहना । एकता । सुलह । जैसे, दोनों भाइयों में बड़ा मेल है · पारस्परिक घनिष्ठ व्यवहार । मैत्री । मित्रता । दोस्ती । प्रीति- संबंध । जैसे,—उसने अब मेरे शत्रुओं से मेल किया है — Śabdasāgara
मेल · noun · feminine
वे सब चिट्ठियाँ और पार्सल आदि जो ड़ाक से भेजी जायँ । डाक का थैला । डाकगाड़ी — Śabdasāgara
मेल · mela · s.m.
Meeting, coming together, assemblage; union, intercourse; mixture, mixing together; connexion, relation, relationship — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1106
मेल · masculine
union, joining, coming together; concord, agreement; mixture
मेल · feminine
mail; email
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मेल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मेल (mela). See also मिलना (milnā, “to come together, join”) and मिलाना (milānā, “to mix, make joined”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mela m. (√ mil) meeting, union, intercourse, Kāv.; Kathās.
mela mf. (-laḥ-lā) Meeting, union, assemblage; in the modern dialects, applied to a large concourse of people collected at stated periods for religious or commercial purposes, as at Haridvār, &c. f. (-lā) 1 Ink. 2 Antimony or any collyrium. E. mila to mix, to meet, aff. ghañ; also with lyuṭ, aff. melana.
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English mail.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
meeting, union, intercourse
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mela" is the vocative of "melā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mela m. (√ mil) meeting, union, intercourse, Kāv.; Kathās.
mela mf. (-laḥ-lā) Meeting, union, assemblage; in the modern dialects, applied to a large concourse of people collected at stated periods for religious or commercial purposes, as at Haridvār, &c. f. (-lā) 1 Ink. 2 Antimony or any collyrium. E. mila to mix, to meet, aff. ghañ; also with lyuṭ, aff. melana.
melā f. See below.
melā f. an association, assembly, company, society, Pañcat.
Alternative readings
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