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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. म्लेच्छmlecchaA barbarian, a non-Āryan (one not speaking the Sanskṛit language, or not conforming to Hindu or Āryan…

    [म्लेच्छ्-घञ्]

    1. A barbarian, a non-Āryan (one not speaking the Sanskṛit language, or not conforming to Hindu or Āryan institutions), a foreigner in general; ग्राह्या म्लेच्छप्रसिद्धिस्तु विरोधादर्शने सति J. Name V.; म्लेच्छान् मूर्छयते; or म्लेच्छनिवहनिधने कलयसि करवालम् Gīt.1.
    2. An outcast, a very low man; (Baudhāyana thus defines the word: गोमांसखादको यस्तु विरुद्धं बहु भाषते । सर्वा- चारविहीनश्च म्लेच्छ इत्यभिधीयते ॥).
    3. A sinner, wicked person.
    4. Foreign or barbarous speech.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -च्छम्

      1. Copper.
      2. Vermilion.

    • -आख्यम् copper.

    • -आशः wheat.

    • -आस्यम्, -मुखम् copper.

    • -कन्दः garlic.

    • -जातिः Feminine a savage or barbarian race, a mountaineer; पुलिन्दा नाहला निष्ट्याः शबरा वरुटा भटाः । माला भिल्लाः किराताश्च सर्वेऽपि म्लेच्छजातयः ॥ Abh. Chin.934.

    • -देशः, -मण्डलम् a country inhabited by non-Āryans or barbarians, a foreign or barbarous country; कृष्णसारस्तु चरति मृगो यत्र स्वभावतः । स ज्ञेयो यज्ञियो देशो म्लेच्छदेशस्त्वतः परः ॥ Ms.2.23.

    • -द्विष्टः bdellium.

    • -भाषा a foreign language.

    • -भोजनः wheat. (-नम्) barley.

    • -वाच् Adjective speaking a barbarous or foreign language; म्लेच्छवाचश्चार्यवाचः सर्वे ते दस्यवः स्मृताः Ms.1.45.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. म्लेच्छmleccha[mlekkh-á] m. foreigner, barbarian (Br., C.); ignorance of the vernacular, barbarism (rare): -taskara-sevita…

    [mlekkh-á] masculine foreigner, barbarian (Brâhmana, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); ignorance of the vernacular, barbarism (rare): -taskara-sevita, perfect passive participle infested by barbarians and robbers; -tâ, feminine; also equal for condition of barbarians.

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  2. म्लेच्छदेशmlecchadeśa[mlekkha-desa] m. non-Âryan or foreign country; -vâk, a. speaking a barbarous or foreign tongue.

    [mlekkha-desa] masculine non-Âryan or foreign country; -vâk, adjective speaking a barbarous or foreign tongue.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. म्लेच्छmleccham. a foreigner, barbarian, non-Aryan, man of an outcast race, any person who does not speak Sanskr2it Sanskrit…
    1. masculine gender a foreigner, barbarian, non-Aryan, man of an outcast race, any person who does not speak Sanskr2it Sanskrit and does not conform to the usual Hindu1 Hindu institutions S3Br. etc. (f(ई).)
    2. masculine gender a person who lives by agriculture or by making weapons Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender a wicked or bad man, sinner Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender ignorance of Sanskr2it Sanskrit, barbarism Nya1yam. Scholiast or Commentator
    5. neuter gender copper Lexicographers
    6. neuter gender vermilion Lexicographers
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  2. म्लेच्छकन्दmlecchakandam. Allium Ascalonicum L.

    masculine gender Allium Ascalonicum Lexicographers

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  3. म्लेच्छजातिmlecchajātim. a man belonging to the Mlecchas म्लेच्छ s, a barbarian, savage, mountaineer (as a Kira1ta किरात, S3abara…

    masculine gender a man belonging to the Mlecchas म्लेच्छ s, a barbarian, savage, mountaineer (as a Kira1ta किरात, S3abara शबर or Pulinda पुलिन्द) MBh.

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  4. म्लेच्छतस्करसेवितmlecchataskarasevitamfn. infested by b barbarian and robbers Ml.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective infested by b barbarian and robbers Ml.

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  5. म्लेच्छताmlecchatāf. the condition of b barbarian VP.

    feminine the condition of b barbarian VP.

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  6. म्लेच्छदेशmlecchadeśam. a foreign or barbarous country Hariv.

    masculine gender a foreign or barbarous country Hariv.

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  7. म्लेच्छद्विष्टmlecchadviṣṭam. bdellium Gal.

    masculine gender bdellium Gal.

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