The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromमेलक
- Hindi · borrowed fromमेला
- Urdu · borrowed fromمیلہ
- English todaymela
From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).
First known use, by meaning
- from 19th c. A South Asian fair.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.