m. a foreigner, barbarian, non-Aryan, man of an outcast race, any person who does not speak Sanskrit and does not conform to the usual Hindu institutions etc. (f(ī-).)
म्लेच्छः [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. N. 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. -च्छम् 1 Copper. -2 Vermilion. -Comp. -आख्यम् copper. -आशः wheat. -आस्यम्, -मुखम् copper. -कन्दः garlic. -जातिः f. a savage or barbarian race, a mountaineer; पुलिन्दा नाहला निष्ट्याः शबरा वरुटा भटाः । माला भिल्लाः किराताश्च सर्वे$पि 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 a. speaking a barbarous or foreign language; म्लेच्छवाचश्चार्यवाचः सर्वे ते दस्यवः स्मृताः Ms.1.45.
m. foreigner, barbarian (Br., C.); ignorance of the vernacular, barbarism (rare): -taskara-sevita, pp. infested by barbarians and robbers; -tâ, f. condition of barbarians.
Occurs in the śatapatha Brāhmaṇa in the sense of a barbarian in speech. The Brahmin is there forbidden to use barbarian speech. The example given of such speech is he Ίανο, explained by Sāyana as he ’rayah, ‘ ho, foes.’ If this is correct—the Kāṇva recension has a different reading—the barbarians referred to were Aryan speakers, though not speakers of Sanskrit, but of a Prākṛta form of speech. Cf Vāc.
noun (masculine) a foreigner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a person who lives by agriculture or by making weapons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wicked or bad man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
barbarian (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
barbarism (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ignorance of Sanskṛt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
man of an outcast race (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
non-āryan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sinner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) copper [a kind of copper <> nepāla] (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vermilion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
darada (cinnabar) Frequency rank 6447/72933
noun (masculine neuter) yāvaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
half-ripe barley (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wheat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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