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Where does “میلہ” come from?
میلہ (Urdu) comes from Hindi मेला, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀮𑀕, from Sanskrit मेलक.
Ancestry of “میلہ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hindi
मेला
festival, fair; mela
2
Sauraseni Prakrit
𑀫𑁂𑀮𑀕
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3
Sanskrit
मेलक
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Words derived from “میلہ”
mela
melastatin
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