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  2. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    Many of the Hindi and Urdu equivalents have originated from Sanskrit; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin. 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 ...

  3. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    1 Hindi or Urdu. 2 Kannada. 3 ... This is a list of words in the English language that originated ... Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin Archived ...

  4. Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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    List of English words of Hebrew origin; List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin; 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

  5. Category:Lists of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of English words of Indian origin" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... List of English words of Hindi or Urdu ...

  6. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Hindi Divas – the official day to celebrate Hindi as a language. Languages of India; Languages with official status in India; Indian states by most spoken scheduled languages; List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin; List of Hindi channels in Europe (by type) List of languages by number of native speakers in India

  7. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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    However, he found considerable discrepancy between the most common and least common words. The top thousand words were 83% of English origin, while the least common were only 25% of English origin. [6] However, due to the variability of vocabulary of individuals, dialects, and time periods, exact percentages cannot be taken at face value. [3]

  8. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    The origin of this word cannot be conclusively attributed to Malayalam or Tamil. Congee, porridge, water with rice; uncertain origin, possibly from Tamil kanji (கஞ்சி), [7] Telugu or Kannada gañji, or Malayalam kaññi (കഞ്ഞി). [citation needed] Alternatively, possibly from Gujarati, [8] which is not a Dravidian language.

  9. List of English words of Sanskrit origin - Wikipedia

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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 ...