মেচ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মেছ (mech)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙 (meccha), most likely from Sanskrit म्लेच्छ (mleccha, “non-Aryan, foreigner, barbarian”), potentially from an earlier *mlaikṣa (due to Pali milakkha containing the cluster -kkh-, which always shares a common origin with -cch- in an earlier -kṣ-), probably ultimately from an old substrate language. Doublet of ম্লেচ্ছ (mleccho).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /metʃ/, [ˈmetʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /metɕ/, [ˈmetɕ]

Noun

মেচ • (mec)

1. any member of the Mech, a Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnic group in eastern India and Nepal

References

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 473