মেচ

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Etymology

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Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙 (meccha), most likely from Sanskrit म्लेच्छ (mleccha, non-Aryan, foreigner, barbarian), potentially from an earlier *mlaikṣa (due to Pali milakkha containing the cluster -kkh-, which always shares a common origin with -cch- in an earlier -kṣ-), probably ultimately from an old substrate language. Doublet of ম্লেচ্ছ (mleccho).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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মেচ (mec)

  1. any member of the Mech, a Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnic group in eastern India and Nepal

References

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  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 473