List of English words of Indian origin

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

• , from Marathi word देवळाली. "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali
• , from Marathi word मुंगूस (MuṅgÅ«sa)

References

External links

• Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin in Colonial & Postcolonial Literary Dialogues