Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Kannada ಮಸಳೆ (masaḷe).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

माचल (mācala) stem?

  1. A thief, robber, burglar
  2. A crocodile
  3. name of a disease

Further reading edit

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “माचलः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]