This is a list of words in the
English language that originated in any of the
languages of India.
- see: List of English words of Hindi origin
- see: List of English words of Sanskrit origin
- see: List of English words of Tamil origin
- 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
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