List of English words of Hindi origin
This is a list of English language words of Hindi language origin:
- bangle
- from bangṛī बांगड़ी, an ornament worn by ladies on their wrists. Bangles are made of glass, gold, silver, aluminiuim, wood, ivory etc.
- bandana
- from bāndhni बाँधनी
- bungalow
- a single story house, from banglā बंगला
- blighty
- from vilāyatī विलायती (foreigner)
- cashmere
- from Kashmīr कश्मीर , name of a kingdom in the western Himalaya, used attributively
- cheetah
- from chītā चीता, from Sanskrit chitraka, ="speckled, variegated"
- chai
- चाय Tea made with spices, commonly cardamon
- coolie
- कुली Load-bearer, porter
- cot
- a portable bed
- cummerbund
- कमर-बंध a waist band
- cushy
- comfortable, from Hindi khushज ख़ुशी
- dinghy
- dungaree
- gunny
- A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp, usually used for making sacks.
- jodhpur
- tight-fitting trousers, usually for horse riding. From Jodhpur जोधपुर, city in Rajasthan state of India.
- juggernaut
- from Jaganatha जगन्नाथ , a form of the god Vishnu, who is worshiped by drawing a heavy statue through the streets on a cart. It was wrongly believed that worshipper threw themselves beneath the wheels of the cart.
- jungle
- from jangal जंगल , ="desert, waste, forest", from Sanskrit jangala, ="dry, dry ground, desert"
- khaki
- from khākī ख़ाकी, ="dusty"
- loot
- from Hindi lutnaa लूटना, "to loot"
- mugger
- (crocodile) : from magar मगर, a type of crocodile.
- punch
- the drink, from पाँच paanch "five"
- pyjamas
- पैजामा
- shampoo
- meaning 'to squeeze'.
- shawl
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- thug
- thag ठग
- verandah
- baraamdaa बरामदा
See also
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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