ಮೇಳ

Kannada

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːɭɐ/

Noun

ಮೇಳ • (mēḷa)

1. mirth, merriment, jest, sport, fun
2. companionship; fellowship; partnership; association
3. congruity; harmony
4. peaceable or friendly relations
5. multitude
6. assembly
7. entertainment
8. fair
9. company; troupe
10. concert
11. kinship; relation
12. competition; contest
13. (figurative) a long, pitiful cry of grief and pain of several people together

Declension

Case/Form	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ಮೇಳವು (mēḷavu)	ಮೇಳಗಳು (mēḷagaḷu)
Accusative	ಮೇಳವನ್ನು (mēḷavannu)	ಮೇಳಗಳನ್ನು (mēḷagaḷannu)
Instrumental	ಮೇಳದಿಂದ (mēḷadinda)	ಮೇಳಗಳಿಂದ (mēḷagaḷinda)
Dative	ಮೇಳಕ್ಕೆ (mēḷakke)	ಮೇಳಗಳಿಗೆ (mēḷagaḷige)
Genitive	ಮೇಳದ (mēḷada)	ಮೇಳಗಳ (mēḷagaḷa)

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಮೇಳ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971
• V. Krishna (2019) “ಮೇಳ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha