Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn ethnic group belonging to the Bodo-Kachari group of peoples; one of the scheduled tribes of India.
Borrowed from Bengali মেচ (mec), from Sanskrit म्ले॒च्छ (mlecchá). Doublet of mleccha.
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