Mlecchan.

Brit.

/ˈmlɛtʃhə/, U.S.

/ˈmlɛtʃhə/

Inflections: Plural Mlecchas, unchanged.

Forms: 1700s Mlech'ha, 1700s Mlechch'a, 1800s Mlech, 1900s– Mleccha, 1900s– Mlechcha, 1900s– Mlechchha, 1900s– Mlechha. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit mleccha.

Etymology: < Sanskrit mleccha barbarian, non-Aryan < mlecch- to speak incomprehensibly, of uncertain origin.Sanskrit mlecch- may be imitative in origin. Connection with Sumerian and Akkadian Meluḫḫa, although often suggested, is ruled out on historical and phonological grounds.

Originally, in ancient India: a non-Aryan or person of an outcaste race; a barbarian. In later use: a person who does not conform with conventional Hindu beliefs and practices; a foreigner.

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Jat1622

Maratha1744

Moplah1787

Mleccha1793

Gurkha1811

Swati1815

Naga1835

Manipuri1837

Malayali1856

Ho1860

Mahsud1873

Adivasi1941

1793 F. Wilford in Asiatick Researches 3 317 On those hills the Pallis..are supposed to live,..though intermixed with some Mléch'has, or people who speak a barbarous dialect.

1887 R. Kipling What People Said in Departmental Ditties (1888) 69 God..sent the Mahratta spear As he sendeth the rain, And the Mlech, in the fated year.

1924 Blackwood's Mag. 216 227/2 My first charge of a college was in Bengal... It was in the period of the ‘Golden Bengal’ movement, and I, as the hated Mleccha, was unpopular.

1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football vii. 82 Mother..had confirmed from the local priest that football was a game of the mlechha whites and it had never figured in any of our holy books.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mleccha
释义	Mlecchan. Brit. /ˈmlɛtʃhə/, U.S. /ˈmlɛtʃhə/ Inflections: Plural Mlecchas, unchanged. Forms: 1700s Mlech'ha, 1700s Mlechch'a, 1800s Mlech, 1900s– Mleccha, 1900s– Mlechcha, 1900s– Mlechchha, 1900s– Mlechha. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit mleccha. Etymology: < Sanskrit mleccha barbarian, non-Aryan < mlecch- to speak incomprehensibly, of uncertain origin.Sanskrit mlecch- may be imitative in origin. Connection with Sumerian and Akkadian Meluḫḫa, although often suggested, is ruled out on historical and phonological grounds. Originally, in ancient India: a non-Aryan or person of an outcaste race; a barbarian. In later use: a person who does not conform with conventional Hindu beliefs and practices; a foreigner. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India > person Jat1622 Maratha1744 Moplah1787 Mleccha1793 Gurkha1811 Swati1815 Naga1835 Manipuri1837 Malayali1856 Ho1860 Mahsud1873 Adivasi1941 1793 F. Wilford in Asiatick Researches 3 317 On those hills the Pallis..are supposed to live,..though intermixed with some Mléch'has, or people who speak a barbarous dialect. 1887 R. Kipling What People Said in Departmental Ditties (1888) 69 God..sent the Mahratta spear As he sendeth the rain, And the Mlech, in the fated year. 1924 Blackwood's Mag. 216 227/2 My first charge of a college was in Bengal... It was in the period of the ‘Golden Bengal’ movement, and I, as the hated Mleccha, was unpopular. 1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football vii. 82 Mother..had confirmed from the local priest that football was a game of the mlechha whites and it had never figured in any of our holy books. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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