मेल

Hindi

FWOTD – 8 October 2017

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) 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

Declension

Declension of मेल (masc cons-stem)

	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)

Declension

Declension of मेल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेल mel	मेलें melẽ
oblique	मेल mel	मेलों melõ
vocative	मेल mel	मेलो melo

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