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  2. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of words in the English language that originated ... Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin Archived ...

  3. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Alternately, perhaps from mũg (मूँग), the name of the bean in Hindi, [33] which is not a Dravidian language. Orange , a citrus fruit, or a color named for the fruit; cognates exist in several Dravidian languages, [ 34 ] Tamil naaram (நாரம்) or Telugu naarinja (నారింజ) and others.

  4. Telugu language - Wikipedia

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    Speakers of Telugu refer to it as simply Telugu or Telugoo. [49] Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [50] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [51] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction" (relative to Sanskrit and Prakrit-speaking peoples).

  5. Indian name - Wikipedia

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    Unlike western names, in which the family name is more well known than the personal name, among the Telugu given names are how people are most widely known. [41] Telugu family names are often abbreviated and written, e.g., P. V. Narasimha Rao, D. Ramanaidu, etc., unlike western names where given name is abbreviated. [41]

  6. Subramaniam - Wikipedia

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    Proposed translation is derived from merging two common Sanskrit words su-bra-, meaning "white, clear" or "transparent," and ani-ya, meaning wearing; the name translates precisely as "person with Transparent Qualities or GOD". Subramania is one of the many names of the Hindu god Karthikeya, also known as Kumara or Murugan. In Telugu ...

  7. Names for India - Wikipedia

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    The name India comes from the Ancient Greek word Ἰνδική (Indikē) or Ἰνδία (Indía), which was changed into Latin as India. In the past, the name meant the land of the Indus river. This river is now mostly in Pakistan and is the national river of the country. The name India originally comes from the Sanskrit word Sindhu.

  8. Saurashtra language - Wikipedia

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    Saurashtra (Saurashtra script: ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ ꢩꢵꢰꢵ ‎, Tamil script: சௌராட்டிர மொழி, Devanagari script: सौराष्ट्र भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Saurashtrians of Southern India who migrated from the Lata region of present-day Gujarat to south of Vindhyas in the Middle Ages.

  9. Telugu names - Wikipedia

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    Telugu names refer to the naming conventions used by Telugu-speaking people, primarily from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the Yanam district of Puducherry. Telugu names are distinctive for their use of a "family name, given name" format, in contrast to Western naming practices where the family name often appears last.