melan.¹

Brit.

/ˈmeɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪlɑ/

Forms: 1800s mehla, 1800s– mela.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi melā.

Etymology: < Hindi melā < Sanskrit melaka meeting < mil- to come together, meet up. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mē·lă) /ˈmeːlə/.

A Hindu religious or cultural festival. Also more generally in South Asian communities: a fair.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > Hindu > [noun]

Diwali1698

puja1775

Onam1794

mela1801

Kumbh Mela1810

Navaratri1929

festival of colours1939

1801 T. Hardwicke in Asiatick Researches (London ed.) 6 312 This Mela, or fair, is an annual assemblage of Hindus.

1848 Alfred in India 25 A mehla is a fair or market, where all sorts of merchandise is..bought and sold.

1896 N. Davis Three Men & a God 157 Poor wretches who at the Mela time stand in the court-yard and have the sacred water poured over them.

1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. xvii. 122 I went down to the river early in the morning to see the mela.

1967 V. Mehta Portrait of India 58 He is going to Allahabad, on a pilgrimage to the Kumbha mela.

1995 Northern Echo 24 July A new sound for the Middlesbrough Mela was Hustlers HC, three Asian rappers and Djs who play to packed houses on the Asian club scene in London.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

melan.²

Brit.

/ˈmeɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪlɑ/

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit melā.

Etymology: < Sanskrit melā musical scale, assembly (see mela n.¹).

Indian Music.

In Carnatic music: a scale type around which a raga is formed. Cf. raga n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > Indian scales

raga1789

ragini1789

grama1807

jati1834

murchana1891

mela1957

1957 O. Gosvami Story Indian Music xix. 195 Ramamatya introduced for the first time the Mela-karta..and added a new chapter on the Melas,..thus driving deeper the wedge that separated South Indian music from the North Indian.

1967 V. Mehta Portrait of India 31 Melas, generic scale patterns that have their own ascending and descending structures.

1980 New Grove Dict. Music IX. 82/1 (heading) 16th- to 20th century south Indian sources for mela (scale type).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mela
释义	melan.¹ Brit. /ˈmeɪlə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪlɑ/ Forms: 1800s mehla, 1800s– mela. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi melā. Etymology: < Hindi melā < Sanskrit melaka meeting < mil- to come together, meet up. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mē·lă) /ˈmeːlə/. A Hindu religious or cultural festival. Also more generally in South Asian communities: a fair. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > Hindu > [noun] Diwali1698 puja1775 Onam1794 mela1801 Kumbh Mela1810 Navaratri1929 festival of colours1939 1801 T. Hardwicke in Asiatick Researches (London ed.) 6 312 This Mela, or fair, is an annual assemblage of Hindus. 1848 Alfred in India 25 A mehla is a fair or market, where all sorts of merchandise is..bought and sold. 1896 N. Davis Three Men & a God 157 Poor wretches who at the Mela time stand in the court-yard and have the sacred water poured over them. 1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. xvii. 122 I went down to the river early in the morning to see the mela. 1967 V. Mehta Portrait of India 58 He is going to Allahabad, on a pilgrimage to the Kumbha mela. 1995 Northern Echo 24 July A new sound for the Middlesbrough Mela was Hustlers HC, three Asian rappers and Djs who play to packed houses on the Asian club scene in London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). melan.² Brit. /ˈmeɪlə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪlɑ/ Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit melā. Etymology: < Sanskrit melā musical scale, assembly (see mela n.¹). Indian Music. In Carnatic music: a scale type around which a raga is formed. Cf. raga n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > Indian scales raga1789 ragini1789 grama1807 jati1834 murchana1891 mela1957 1957 O. Gosvami Story Indian Music xix. 195 Ramamatya introduced for the first time the Mela-karta..and added a new chapter on the Melas,..thus driving deeper the wedge that separated South Indian music from the North Indian. 1967 V. Mehta Portrait of India 31 Melas, generic scale patterns that have their own ascending and descending structures. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music IX. 82/1 (heading) 16th- to 20th century south Indian sources for mela (scale type). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1801n.²1957
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