List of English words of Indian origin

Summary

This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of India.

Hindi or Urdu edit

see: List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin

Kannada edit

see: List of English words of Kannada origin

Malayalam edit

see: List of English words of Malayalam origin

Sanskrit edit

see: List of English words of Sanskrit origin

Tamil edit

see: List of English words of Tamil origin

Telugu edit

see: List of English words of Telugu origin

Other languages edit

Marathi edit

  • Doolally, from Marathi word देवळाली. "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali
  • Mongoose, from Marathi word मुंगूस (Muṅgūsa)

External links edit

  • Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine in Colonial & Postcolonial Literary Dialogues