: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
Kannada
Malayalam
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
Other languages
- 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
External links
- [http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/themes/indianwords.htm Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220033539/http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/themes/indianwords.htm |date=2014-02-20 }} in Colonial & Postcolonial Literary Dialogues
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