List of English words of Indian origin
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This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of India.
Hindi or Urdu
[edit]Kannada
[edit]Malayalam
[edit]Sanskrit
[edit]Tamil
[edit]Telugu
[edit]Other languages
[edit]- Adda, from Bengali, a group of people
- Bhut jolokia, from Assamese (ভূত জলকীয়া Bhut Zôlôkiya), a hot chili found in Assam and other parts of Northeast India
- Jute from Bengali, a fiber
Marathi
[edit]- Doolally, from Marathi word देवळाली. "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali[1]
- Mongoose, from Marathi word मुंगूस (Muṅgūsa)
References
[edit]- ^ "70 words of Indian origin | Resource pack for teachers" (PDF). British Council. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine in Colonial & Postcolonial Literary Dialogues