Tuesday, October 24, 2006

English words that originate in the language of Hindi


Samosa
Originally uploaded by Koshyk.

English words derived from Hindi via the British, who controlled India as a colony for some 300 years (a selected list):

bangle
bandana
bazaar
bungalow
chai
cot
cummerbund
guru
jodhpurs
jungle
nirvana
pajamas
shampoo
thug

Historic India (Time-Life), Wikipedia.org