ম্লেচ্ছ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit म्लेच्छ (mleccha).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mlet͡ʃʰːo/, [ˈmlet͡ʃʰːoˑ], /milet͡ʃʰːo/, [ˈmilet͡ʃʰːoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mletɕʰːo/, [ˈmletɕʰːoˑ], /miletɕʰːo/, [ˈmiletɕʰːoˑ]

Noun

ম্লেচ্ছ • (mleccho)

  1. (historical) a member of a non-Aryan tribe in ancient India
  2. a Greek settler in India
  3. (loosely) a non-Hindu
  4. (historical) the mlecchas

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative ম্লেচ্ছ (mleccho)
objective ম্লেচ্ছকে (mlecchoke)
genitive ম্লেচ্ছর (mlecchor)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ম্লেচ্ছটা, ম্লেচ্ছটি (mlecchoṭa (colloquial), mlecchoṭi (formal)) ম্লেচ্ছরা (mlecchora)
objective ম্লেচ্ছটাকে, ম্লেচ্ছটিকে (mlecchoṭake (colloquial), mlecchoṭike (formal)) ম্লেচ্ছদের(কে) (mlecchoder(ke))
genitive ম্লেচ্ছটার, ম্লেচ্ছটির (mlecchoṭar (colloquial), mlecchoṭir (formal)) ম্লেচ্ছদের (mlecchoder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • ম্লেচ্ছদেশ (mlecchodeś)
  • ম্লেচ্ছাচার (mlecchacar)
  • ম্লেচ্ছাচারী (mlecchacari)

References

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