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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
Sanskrit language
Tamil language
Urdu language
Others
- Bandicoot, from pandikoku (Telugu)
- Dhole, from tOla (Kannada)
- Doolally, "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali, where British officers were said to develop a strange mental illness
Mongoose , from mungeesa (Telugu) or mungusi (Kannada)- Calico, from Calicut, a town and district of Kerala, (Malayalam)
- Coir, from kayar, (Malayalam as well as Tamil, most probably Malayalam)
- Copra, from koppara, (Tamil as well as Malayalam)
- Jack fruit from Chakka, (Malayalam )
- Mango, from maanga (Tamil as well as Malayalam)
- Teak, from taekku (Tamil as well as Malayalam)
- Jute (Bengali)
- Pajamas (Hindustani)
- Polo (Balti)
- Bungalow from Bungla (Urdu) (lit. a house in the Bengal style) - a large house, typically with a sloping, tiled roof
- Shampoo from Champi (Hindi) - A head massage with some kind of oil or treacly mixture just before a bath
- Atoll from Maldivian - ring of coral enclosing a lagoon
- Curry from Tamil
- Catamaran from "kattumaram" - Tamil and Malayalam
- Tourmaline, from tōramallī (Sinhala) - cornelian, tourmaline
See also
Indian English - Lists of English words of international origin
- Category:Hindi words and phrases
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