म्लेच्छ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit म्लेच्छ (mleccha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mleːt͡ʃt͡ʃʰ/

Adjective

म्लेच्छ (mlecch)

  1. barbarian

Noun

म्लेच्छ (mlecch) m

  1. barbarian

References


Sanskrit

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 (mleccha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative म्लेच्छः
mlecchaḥ
म्लेच्छौ
mlecchau
म्लेच्छाः / म्लेच्छासः¹
mlecchāḥ / mlecchāsaḥ¹
Vocative म्लेच्छ
mleccha
म्लेच्छौ
mlecchau
म्लेच्छाः / म्लेच्छासः¹
mlecchāḥ / mlecchāsaḥ¹
Accusative म्लेच्छम्
mleccham
म्लेच्छौ
mlecchau
म्लेच्छान्
mlecchān
Instrumental म्लेच्छेन
mlecchena
म्लेच्छाभ्याम्
mlecchābhyām
म्लेच्छैः / म्लेच्छेभिः¹
mlecchaiḥ / mlecchebhiḥ¹
Dative म्लेच्छाय
mlecchāya
म्लेच्छाभ्याम्
mlecchābhyām
म्लेच्छेभ्यः
mlecchebhyaḥ
Ablative म्लेच्छात्
mlecchāt
म्लेच्छाभ्याम्
mlecchābhyām
म्लेच्छेभ्यः
mlecchebhyaḥ
Genitive म्लेच्छस्य
mlecchasya
म्लेच्छयोः
mlecchayoḥ
म्लेच्छानाम्
mlecchānām
Locative म्लेच्छे
mlecche
म्लेच्छयोः
mlecchayoḥ
म्लेच्छेषु
mleccheṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • म्लेच्छ” 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
  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 837/3
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.