म्लात

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ম্লাত (Assamese script)
  • ᬫ᭄ᬮᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
  • ম্লাত (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • မ္လာတ (Burmese script)
  • મ્લાત (Gujarati script)
  • ਮ੍ਲਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩ꧀ꦭꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂹𑂪𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮ್ಲಾತ (Kannada script)
  • ម្លាត (Khmer script)
  • ມ຺ລາຕ (Lao script)
  • മ്ലാത (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠯᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧠𑧉𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
  • ମ୍ଲାତ (Odia script)
  • ꢪ꣄ꢭꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
  • ම‍්ලාත (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴 𑪙𑩽𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚶𑚥𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
  • ம்லாத (Tamil script)
  • మ్లాత (Telugu script)
  • มฺลาต (Thai script)
  • མླཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑩇𑨬𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mlaHtás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mlaHtás (whence Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀 (mrāta)), passive past participle of *mláHti (whence Ossetian фӕллад (fællad, “to get tired, weary”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mléh₂-ti, from *mleh₂- (“to make weak, soft, tender”) +‎ *-ti.[1] Cognate with Old Irish mláith, Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

म्लात • (mlātá) stem[2]

  1. tanned, softened (leather)
  • म्लायति (mlā́yati, “to become weary”)
  • (perhaps) म्रदते (mradate, “to become soft”)
  • (perhaps) मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, weak”)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1876
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “म्लात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 838.
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