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Many loanwords are of Persian origin; see List of English words of Persian origin, with some of the latter being in turn of Arabic or Turkic origin. In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies.
1 Hindi or Urdu. 2 Kannada. 3 Malayalam. 4 Sanskrit. 5 Tamil. 6 Telugu. ... This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of India ...
A fair share of the words borrowed into English from Indian languages were themselves borrowed from Persian or Arabic. An example of this is the widely used English word 'pyjamas' which originates from Persian paejamah, literally "leg clothing," from pae "leg" (from PIE root *ped- "foot") + jamah "clothing, garment." [21]
The word mamihlapinatapai is derived from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It has been translated as "a look that without words is shared by two people who want to initiate something, but that neither will ...
Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [2]
Indian English (IndE, [4] IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora. [5] English is used by the Government of India for communication, and is enshrined in the Constitution of India. [6]
English doctor John Donne: DUN / d ʌ n / English poet and cleric John Keble: KEE-bəl / ˈ k iː b əl / English churchman and poet John H. Kerr: like car / k ɑːr / American politician Johnny Manziel: man-ZEL / m æ n ˈ z ɛ l / American football player Jonathan Toews: TAYVZ / t eɪ v z / Canadian hockey player Justin Duchsherer: DOOK-shər ...
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