म्लेछ्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ম্লেছ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫ᭄ᬮᬾᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ম্লেছ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰿𑰩𑰸𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မ္လေဆ် (Burmese script)
- મ્લેછ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਲੇਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩ꧀ꦭꦺꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂹𑂪𑂵𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮ್ಲೇಛ್ (Kannada script)
- ម្លេឆ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ເລຉ຺ (Lao script)
- മ്ലേഛ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠯᡝᡮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘿𑘩𑘹𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠯᠧᠼ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧠𑧉𑧚𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑑂𑐮𑐾𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମ୍ଲେଛ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪ꣄ꢭꢾꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑇀𑆬𑆼𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖿𑖩𑖸𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ම්ලෙඡ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴 𑪙𑩽𑩔𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚶𑚥𑚲𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
- ம்லேச்² (Tamil script)
- మ్లేఛ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺเลฉฺ (Thai script)
- མླེ་ཚ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑓂𑒪𑒹𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑩇𑨬𑨄𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Thought to be from a substrate language. Possibly related to Akkadian 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 (Me-luḫ-ḫa) or Sumerian 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 (Me-luh-haKI /Melukhkha, Meluḫḫa/).
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
म्लेछ् • (mlech)
- to speak indistinctly (like a barbarian, one who does not speak Sanskrit)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “म्लेछ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0837.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 128