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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "mela"}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|ur|میلہ|tr=mela}}/{{bor|en|hi|मेला}}, from {{bor|en|sa|मेलक}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A Hindu religious [[festival]].
# A South Asian [[fair]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=w:Amitav Ghosh|title=Sea of Poppies|page=53|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2015
|passage=Kalua was a man of unusual height and powerful build: in any fair, festival or '''mela''', he could always be spotted towering above the crowd—even the jugglers on stilts were usually not so tall as he.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=w:Arupa Patangia Kalita|translator=Deepika Phukan|title=The Story of Felanee
|passage=Every year there was a '''mela''' in the small village where Jutimala lived and Khitish would send three workers to set up a stall there.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelm|Elma|amel|-meal|meal|alme|Lema|male-|Male|male|leam|lame|lamé|Leam|Elam|Malé|lema}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|cs|me|la}}

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{cs-noun|f}}

# [[melee]]
#: {{syn|cs|tlačenice|zmatek|chaos}}
# [[brawl]]
#: {{syn|cs|rvačka}}

=====Declension=====
{{cs-ndecl|f}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|cs|verb form}}

# {{infl of|cs|mlít||m|s|pres|transgressive}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}

{{C|cs|Violence}}

==Finnish==
[[File:Nowa Korytnica Lake (2).jpg|thumb]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*mëla}}, from {{inh|fi|urj-fpr-pro|*melä}}.<ref>{{R:et:EES}}</ref><ref>{{R:Hakkinen 2005}}</ref> Cognates include {{cog|krl|mela}},<ref>{{R:fi:SSA}}</ref> {{cog|lud|mela||oar}}, {{cog|vep|mela||oar}}, {{cog|et|mõla||paddle, oar}}, {{cog|vot|mõla||paddle, oar}}, {{cog|olo|mela||paddle, oar}}, {{cog|se|mealli||oar}}, {{cog|myv|миле||oar, paddle}}, {{cog|kpv|маль||oar}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[paddle]] {{gloss|oar-like implement}}
# {{lb|fi|slang}} [[dick]] {{gloss|penis}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-kala|mel|||a}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fi|melaa mekkoon}}
* {{l|fi|meloa}}
* {{l|fi|perämela}}

===See also===
* {{l|fi|molo}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-03}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=aelm|Elma|elam}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom|head=mēla}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰}}

==Ingrian==
[[Image:Colored chalks (3391214973).jpg|thumb|Mela.]]

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|izh|ru|мел}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{izh-p}}

===Noun===
{{head|izh|noun}}

# [[chalk]]

====Declension====
{{izh-decl/kana|l|l}}

===References===
* {{R:izh:Tumansky:1790|мѣла|page=685}}
* {{R:izh:Nirvi:1971|page=304}}

{{C|izh|Rocks|Writing instruments}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}
[[Image:Apples.jpg|thumb|right]]

===Etymology===
{{dercat|it|ine-pro}}
From {{inh|it|LL.|mēla}}, from {{m|LL.|mēlum}}, from {{der|it|la|mālum}}, borrowed from {{der|it|grc-dor|μᾶλον||apple}}; compare Attic {{m|grc|μῆλον}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|méla<audio:It-una mela.ogg>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|f|dim=melétta,melìna|end_derog=melùccia,melùzza|aug=melóna|pej=melàccia}}

# [[apple]] (fruit)
#: {{syn|it|pomo}}
# {{lb|it|colloquial|slang}} [[buttock]], [[butt cheek]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|mela cotogna|t=quince}}
* {{l|it|mela della discordia|t=apple of discord}}
* {{l|it|mela librale|t=type of large apple}}
* {{l|it|mela selvatica|t=crab apple}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|it|melagrana}}
* {{l|it|melata}}
* {{l|it|meleto}}
* {{l|it|melo}}
* {{l|it|melone}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aelm|alme|lame|male}}

{{C|it|Fruits}}

==Karelian==

===Noun===
{{head|krl|noun}}

# [[paddle]]

==Maltese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/ˈmɛ.la/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|mt|ar|بَلَى|t=why, certainly!, yes, of course!}}, in dialects also with prefixed ''m-''. Compare {{cog|apc|مبلا|tr=mbala}} and {{cog|afb|امبلة|tr=ambala}}.

====Adverb====
{{mt-adverb}}

# [[certainly]]
# [[thus]]; [[so]]; [[accordingly]]

====Interjection====
{{mt-interjection}}

# [[so]]; [[okay]]; [[all right]]
#: {{uxa|mt|'''Mela''', ħa nibdew!|t='''So''', let's start!}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|mt|mmela}}

===Etymology 2===
{{mt-root|m-l-j}}
From {{inh|mt|ar|مَلَأَ}}, {{m|ar|أَمْلَأَ}}.

====Verb====
{{mt-verb|jimla|mimli|vn=mili}}

# {{lb|mt|transitive}} to [[fill]], [[stuff]]
#* {{quote-book|mt
|author=w:Anton Buttigieg
|year=1970
|title=Fl-Arena
|chapter=Fil-Ġnien
|text=Ta’ ferħ u serħ '''imliet'''ni, u bħall-għasafar<br/>u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur<br/>ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira<br/>qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.
}}
# {{lb|mt|intransitive|of the sea}} to [[rise]], [[flood]]
#: {{ant|mt|forogħ}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{mt-conj/I-weak-e-ia|m|l}}

==Polish==

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-mela.wav}}

===Verb===
{{head|pl|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|pl|melać||3|s|pres}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|melar}}

==Sardinian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sc|LL.|mēla}}, from {{m|LL.|mēlum}}, from {{inh|sc|la|mālum}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sc|/ˈmela/}}

===Noun===
{{sc-noun|f|melas}}

# [[apple]] (fruit)

{{C|sc|Fruits}}
{{c|sc|Foods}}

==Sassarese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sdc|/ˈmɛla/|a=Castelsardo}}<ref name="Maxia2012">{{cite-book|sdc|year=2012|author=Mauro Maxia|title=Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse|publisher=Editrice Taphros|ISBN=978-8-874-32119-3}}</ref>
* {{IPA|sdc|/ˈmela/|a=Sedini}}<ref name="Maxia2012"/>

===Noun===
{{sdc-noun|f|meli}}

# {{tlb|sdc|dialectal}} {{altform|sdc|mera|t=[[apple]]}}

===References===
<references/>

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|sh|de|Mehl}}.

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=f}}

# {{lb|sh|Kajkavian}} [[flour]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|sh|brašno}}

===Participle===
{{sh-participle}}

# {{inflection of|sh|mesti||f|s|act|past|part|;|n|p|act|past|part}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|f}}

# [[smitt]]; [[smit]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|melar}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Veps==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|vep|urj-fin-pro|*mëla}}.

===Noun===
{{vep-noun}}

# [[paddle]] {{gloss|rowing tool}}

====Inflection====
{{vep-decl-sana|mela}}

===References===
* {{R:vep:UVVV|весло}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{suf|cy|mêl|gloss1=honey|-a|id2=verbnoun}}. Cognate with {{cog|kw|mela}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/ˈmɛla/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/ˈmeːla/|/ˈmɛla/|a=cy-S}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ɛla|s=2}}

===Verb===
{{cy-verb|mel}}

# to gather [[nectar]] to make [[honey]]
# to [[sweeten]] with [[honey]]

====Conjugation====
{{cy-conj-cons|mel|3=mela|imp=mela|nolong=both}}
{{cy-conj-colloquial|mel}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

==Xhosa==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|xh}}

===Verb===
{{xh-verb}}

# {{lb|xh|transitive}} to [[stand]] for

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|xh|verb}}