म्लेछ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

Thought to be from a substrate language. Possibly related to Akkadian 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 (Me-luḫ-ḫa) or Sumerian 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 (Me-luh-ha^KI /⁠Melukhkha, Meluḫḫa⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mlɐjt͡ɕʰ/, [l̃lɐjt͡ɕʰ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ml̪eːt͡ɕʰ/

Root

म्लेछ् • (mlech)

1. to speak indistinctly (like a barbarian, one who does not speak Sanskrit)

Derived terms

• म्लेच्छति (mlécchati)
• म्लेच्छ (mlecchá, “mleccha, barbarian”)

References

• 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