As a Hindi name
मेलक · noun · masculine
संग । सहवास · मेला · समूह । जमावड़ा — Śabdasāgara
मेलक · melak · s.m.
A meeting, coming together, an assembling, associating; union, intercourse — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1107
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
id., (˚kaṃ-√ kṛ, to assemble together)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "melaka" is derived from "mela" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
melaka m. id., Kāv.; Pañcat. (˚kaṃ-√ kṛ, to assemble together)
conjunction (of planets, in graha-m˚), Sūryas.
Dictionary citations
melaka m. id., Kāv.; Pañcat. (˚kaṃ-√ kṛ, to assemble together)
conjunction (of planets, in graha-m˚), Sūryas.
melaka m. (-kaḥ) Meeting, union, assemblage. E. mela the same, kan added.
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.
Alternative readings
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