Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9327
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9327
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MAYLA, s. Hind. melā, ‘a fair,’ almost always connected with some religious celebration, as were so many of the medieval fairs in Europe. The word is Skt. mela, melaka, ‘meeting, concourse, assembly.’