List of English words of Indian origin
- List of English words of Indian origin
This is a list of words in the English language that originated in any of the languages of India.
Hindi language
: "see:" List of English words of Hindi origin
Sanskrit language
: "see:" List of English words of Sanskrit origin
Tamil language
: "see:" List of English words of Tamil origin
Urdu language
: "see:" List of English words of Urdu origin
Others
* Atoll from Malayalam or Divehi - ring of coral enclosing a lagoon
* Bandicoot, from "pandikoku" (Telugu)
* Bungalow from "Bungla" (Hindustani) (lit. "a house in the Bengal style") - a large house, typically with a sloping, tiled roof
* Calico, from "Calicut", a town and district of Kerala, (Malayalam)
* Coir, from "kayar" (Malayalam), from "kayaru" (Tamil)
* Copra, from "koppara" (Malayalam), from "kopparai" (Tamil)
* Dhole, from "tOla" (Kannada)
* Doolally, "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali, where British officers were said to develop a strange mental illness
* Jack fruit from "Chakka" (Malayalam)
* Jute (Bengali)
* Mongoose, from "mungeesa" (Telugu) or "mungusi" (Kannada)
* Pajamas (Hindustani)
* Polo (Balti)
* Tourmaline, from "tōramallī" (Sinhala) - cornelian, tourmaline
ee also
* Indian English
* Lists of English words of international origin
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External links
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Hindi_derivations Wiktionary]
* [http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/themes/indianwords.htm]
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