What English nouns are borrowed from other languages?

Answer 1

The English language has many borrowed nouns, for example:

• angora, wool from the angora goat, named for the Turkish city, Angora or Ancyra
• bungalow, from the Indian languages Gujarati bangalo and Hindi bangla
• charm, from the old French charme, which originated from Latin
• dome, from the Greek doma, which also became the adjective domestic
• ego, from the Latin pronoun I, ego
• frankfurter, named for the city of Frankfort in Germany
• grafitti, from the Italian graffiti, plural of graffito
• hurricane, from the Spanish huracan
• icon, from the Latin icon, the Greek eikon
• jungle, from the Hindi jangal and Sanskrit jangala
• ketchup, from the Chinese word pronounced koechiap; also catsup from variations in Anglicization
• language, from the Old French langage
• mumbo jumbo, from the Mandingo word Maamajomboo, the name of a tribal god
• neon, from the Greek word neos (new)
• opossum, from Powhatan (Algonquian) opassum
• pyjamas (or pajamas), from the Persian payjameh
• quart, from Old French quarte, which originated from the Latin quartarius
• ranch, from the from Spanish rancho
• smuggler, from the German smuggeln or Dutch smokkelen "to transport illegally"
• thug, from the Hindi thag
• unguent, from Latin unguentem
• vampire, from the French vampire or German Vampir
• wanderlust, directly from the German word Wanderlustwith the same meaning
• yacht, from the Norwegian jaght, or German jacht
• zinnia, named for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn

Answer 2

Some English nouns borrowed from other languages include "piano" from Italian, "sushi" from Japanese, and "Ballet" from French.