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Anita_a Posted 21 years ago
Culture

Some 'indianisms' in English

The word 'karma' has been adapted into English and the americans use it a lot.Similarly the word 'guru' is used even in the IT industry.

Do u know of more words?? Lets share them.
  

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This may not be the most pleasant addition, but I've heard that the English word "thug" comes from a group of Indian bandits called the "Thugi" or something similar.

— YoungCalifornian

  • This may not be the most pleasant addition, but I've heard that the English word "thug" comes from a group of Indian bandits called the "Thugi" or something similar.
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This may not be the most pleasant addition, but I've heard that the English word "thug" comes from a group of Indian bandits called the "Thugi" or something similar.
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Thats true. another word is 'curry' which is from india which means vegetables with spices
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Hiello anita and YoungCalifornian,
here you are more words, it is a thread about the same topic
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Thanks Elena.That was helpful...

Yes, the common and famous sleepovers 'pajamas' is from India having the same meaning.

Another word,'pukka' as in a pukka gentleman, meaning genuine is from India.
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Another very commonly used word is 'khaki' which is from india
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Hi Anita, and all,
It's quite interesting to see the trace of Indian words in English. Please add up to the list whatever you remember. Just a little correction: The word "khaki" originally is Persian. And as you already know, there are lots of other Persian-rooted words found in Hindi, since they belong to the same family of languages and besides, Iran and India were in contact and sometime
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I'm sorry, I didn't know that.I stand corrected
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The Word "cheeta" and Veranda is bieng used in english
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the word cash comes from the word -kass in tamil
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The word 'avataar' is from hindi in india.
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