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

See also

• Indian English
• Lists of English words of international origin
• Hindi words and phrases

External links

• Wiktionary
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