म्लेच्छ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit म्लेच्छ (mlecchá).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mleːt͡ʃt͡ʃʰ/

Adjective

म्लेच्छ • (mlecch)

  1. barbarian

Noun

म्लेच्छ • (mlecch) m

  1. barbarian

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫ᭄ᬮᬾᬘ᭄ᬙ (Balinese script)
  • ম্লেচ্ছ (Assamese script)
  • ম্লেচ্ছ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰿𑰩𑰸𑰓𑰿𑰔 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌚𑍍𑌛 (Grantha script)
  • મ્લેચ્છ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦩ꧀ꦭꦺꦕ꧀ꦖ (Javanese script)
  • ಮ್ಲೇಚ್ಛ (Kannada script)
  • မ္လေစ္ဆ (Burmese script)
  • ମ୍ଲେଚ୍ଛ (Oriya script)
  • ꢪ꣄ꢭꢾꢗ꣄ꢘ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑇀𑆬𑆼𑆖𑇀𑆗 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖿𑖩𑖸𑖓𑖿𑖔 (Siddham script)
  • మ్లేచ్ఛ (Telugu script)
  • མླེཙྪ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑓂𑒪𑒹𑒔𑓂𑒕 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Thought to be from a substrate language.

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ml̪ɐjt.t͡ɕʰɐ́/, [l̪̃l̪ɐjt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ́]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈml̪eːt.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ˈml̪eːt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]

Noun

म्लेच्छ • (mlecchá) m

  1. mleccha, foreigner, barbarian
    Synonyms: बर्बर (barbara), यवन (yavana)

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of म्लेच्छ (mlecchá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative म्लेच्छः
mleccháḥ		 म्लेच्छौ
mlecchaú		 म्लेच्छाः / म्लेच्छासः¹
mlecchā́ḥ / mlecchā́saḥ¹
Vocative म्लेच्छ
mléccha		 म्लेच्छौ
mlécchau		 म्लेच्छाः / म्लेच्छासः¹
mlécchāḥ / mlécchāsaḥ¹
Accusative म्लेच्छम्
mlecchám		 म्लेच्छौ
mlecchaú		 म्लेच्छान्
mlecchā́n
Instrumental म्लेच्छेन
mlecchéna		 म्लेच्छाभ्याम्
mlecchā́bhyām		 म्लेच्छैः / म्लेच्छेभिः¹
mlecchaíḥ / mlecchébhiḥ¹
Dative म्लेच्छाय
mlecchā́ya		 म्लेच्छाभ्याम्
mlecchā́bhyām		 म्लेच्छेभ्यः
mlecchébhyaḥ
Ablative म्लेच्छात्
mlecchā́t		 म्लेच्छाभ्याम्
mlecchā́bhyām		 म्लेच्छेभ्यः
mlecchébhyaḥ
Genitive म्लेच्छस्य
mlecchásya		 म्लेच्छयोः
mleccháyoḥ		 म्लेच्छानाम्
mlecchā́nām
Locative म्लेच्छे
mlecché		 म्लेच्छयोः
mleccháyoḥ		 म्लेच्छेषु
mlecchéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References
  • “म्लेच्छ॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 423, column 2.
  • Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 237
  • Monier Williams (1899), “म्लेच्छ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 837/3.
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