Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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melur m (genitive singular mels, nominative plural melar)

  1. gravel bed, gravel plain
  2. small hillock made of gravel or sand
  3. lyme grass, sea lyme grass, sand rye grass (Leymus arenarius)
    Synonyms: melgresi, melgras, sandhafrar
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Etymology 2

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Variant of mölur (moth).

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melur m (genitive singular mels, nominative plural melir)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory) twat, dumbass (term of abuse)
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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “melur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “melur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Malay

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Noun

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melur (Jawi spelling ملور, plural melur-melur, informal 1st possessive melurku, 2nd possessive melurmu, 3rd possessive melurnya)

  1. jasmine (particularly the Jasminum sambac)
    Synonym: melati

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