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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Thought to be from a substrate language. Possibly related to Akkadian 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 (Me-luḫ-ḫa) or Sumerian 𒈨𒈛𒄩𒆠 (Me-luh-haKI /Melukhkha, Meluḫḫa/).
Pronunciation
Root
म्लेछ् • (mlech)
- to speak indistinctly (like a barbarian, one who does not speak Sanskrit)
Derived terms
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