мэл (mɛl) (Shapsug) From Proto-Circassian *maɮə. IPA(key): [maɮə] <span class="searchmatch">мэлы</span> • (mɛlə) sheep...
мел, мёл, and Appendix:Variations of "mel" <span class="searchmatch">мэлы</span> (mɛlə) (Standard Adyghe) (Shapsug dialect) IPA(key): [mal] мэл • (mɛl) alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">мэлы</span> (mɛlə)...
From <span class="searchmatch">мэлы</span> (mɛlə, “sheep”) + ӏахъо (ʼaꭓʷo, “herdsman”); hence literally “sheep herdsman”. IPA(key): [malaːχʷa] мэлахъо • (mɛlaꭓʷo) shepherd, sheep herdsman...