Word.ws English Dictionary

mlech

mlech is the alternative form of mleccha.

Meaning of mleccha

Noun

mleccha (plural mlecchas or mleccha)

  1. (derogatory, historical) A foreign barbarian in ancient India.
  2. (derogatory) A foreigner; especially one who is not Hindu.
    • Near-synonym: barbarian

Forms of mlech

pluralmleches
pluralmlechs
pluralmlech

Origin of mlech

Borrowed from Hindi म्लेच्छ (mlecch).

Questions about mlech

What is mlech the alternative form of?
Mlech is the alternative form of mleccha.

Words near mlech in the dictionary

  1. mlecch
  2. mleccha
  3. mlecchas
  4. mlecches
  5. mlecchs
  6. mlech
  7. mlech'ha
  8. mlech'has
  9. mlechch'a
  10. mlechch'as
  11. mlechcha

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mlech (page history and authors); mleccha (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “mlech.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mlech. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.