मेला

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀮𑀕 (melaga), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meː.lɑː/, [meː.l̪äː]

Noun

मेला • (melā) m (Urdu spelling میلہ‎)

festival, fair
उसी गाँव में साल में चार बार बड़ा मेला होता है।
usī gā̃v mẽ sāl mẽ cār bār baṛā melā hotā hai.
In that very village a great festival takes place four times per year.

Synonyms: उत्सव (utsav), त्यौहार (tyauhār)
(Hinduism) mela (the Hindu religious festival)

Declension

Declension of मेला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेला melā	मेले mele
oblique	मेले mele	मेलों melõ
vocative	मेले mele	मेलो melo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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