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Is the ethnonym Baloch from Sanskrit mleccha through a Brahui medial?

The etymology of Baloch is disputed. Brahui does m- > b- so is it possible that Brahuis used balOc for foreigners and later applied that term to the incoming Balochis from the caspian

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u/AleksiB1 — 6 days ago