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Doolally, from Marathi word देवळाली. "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali Mongoose , from Marathi word मुंगूस (Muṅgūsa) External links
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.
List of English words of Hungarian origin; List of English words of Indian origin; List of English words of Indonesian origin, including from Javanese, Malay (Sumatran) Sundanese, Papuan (West Papua), Balinese, Dayak and other local languages in Indonesia; List of English words of Irish origin. List of Irish words used in the English language
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This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. Both languages belong to the Indo-European language family and have numerous cognate terms; some examples are "mortal", "mother", "father" and the names of the ...
Women writing in India : 600 B.C. to the present. The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 978-1-55861-026-2. Tieken, Herman (2001). Kavya in South India: Old Tamil Cankam Poetry. Gonda Indological Studies, Volume X. Groningen: Egbert Forsten Publishing. ISBN 978-90-6980-134-6. Varadarajan, Mu. (1988). A History of Tamil ...
During the British Raj, lasting from 1858 to 1947, English language penetration increased throughout India. This was driven in part by the gradually increasing hiring of Indians in the civil services. At the time of India's independence in 1947, English was the only functional lingua franca in the country.
The name Goa came to European languages via Portuguese, but its precise origin is unclear. A number of theories about its origin are centered around the Sanskrit word go (cow). [8] For example, the legend of Krishna names a mountain where he saved the cow; the mountain was named "gomāntaka", which later became Goa. Also, a port city named ...