melez.
(of an animal or a plant) Having been bred from two different species; hybrid, half-bred.
Meaning & usage
(of an animal or a plant) Having been bred from two different species; hybrid, half-bred.
Having been born of mixed parents; mixed-race.
Mixed, blended.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ملز (melez, “mixed, half-bred, mongrel”), from Persian ملس (“sweet and sour, twilight, cotton-silk mix fabric, bastard”), from Arabic مَلَس (malas, “twilight”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.