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Pyjamas, guru, khaki, avatar, bandana, jodhpurs, and shampoo are but a few of the many words drawn from Hindi and Sanskrit. Urushiol, kudzu, futon, and karate

Pyjamas, guru, khaki, avatar, bandana, jodhpurs, and shampoo are but a few of the many words drawn from Hindi and Sanskrit. Urushiol, kudzu, futon, and karate from Japanese. Orangutan, bamboo, cassowary, paddy, ramie, rattan, gong, and camphor from Indonesian (and related languages). Ammonia, banana, bongo, cola, dengue, ebony, and gnu are of African origin (numerous languages). Algebra, algorithm, alchemy, and alcohol all come from Arabic ('al' is the definite article in Arabic). So too do numerous terms for textiles: chiffon, gabardine, satin, tafetta, and wadding. Tahini, tuna, tamarind, talc, tangerine, and talisman as well. All these use a non-Latin script, in some cases no script at all.

andsoitis 3y ago
> khaki From Urdu from Persian. Persian and Sanskrit are closely related and thought to have originated from a common Proto-Indo-Iranian language from about 4000 years ago.
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  Fair point as I'd chosen to use Hindi (culture) rather than India (geographic region), though of course India itself derives from Hindi (the word). A fuller set of candidate languages, from Wikipedia: Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil, Teluga, Bengali, Assamese, Bengali, and Marathi. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Indian_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_India...>
  - marktani 3y ago
    You're still missing Persian, which is the direct origin of Khaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki#Etymology Urdu/Hindi and probably lots of other languages in that cultural region have plenty of loanwords from Persian
    - dredmorbius 3y ago
      I'm sure someone will pitch in with specific sub-dialects as well shortly. I'd reported languages based on Wikipedia's citing. That's publicly-editable, and if you have sourced references the links I'd provided can be updated. See also note 1: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17436048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17436048>
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andsoitis 3y ago

> khaki From Urdu from Persian. Persian and Sanskrit are closely related and thought to have originated from a common Proto-Indo-Iranian language from about 4000 years ago.

dredmorbius 3y ago
Fair point as I'd chosen to use Hindi (culture) rather than India (geographic region), though of course India itself derives from Hindi (the word). A fuller set of candidate languages, from Wikipedia: Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil, Teluga, Bengali, Assamese, Bengali, and Marathi. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Indian_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_India...>
- marktani 3y ago
  You're still missing Persian, which is the direct origin of Khaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki#Etymology Urdu/Hindi and probably lots of other languages in that cultural region have plenty of loanwords from Persian
  - dredmorbius 3y ago
    I'm sure someone will pitch in with specific sub-dialects as well shortly. I'd reported languages based on Wikipedia's citing. That's publicly-editable, and if you have sourced references the links I'd provided can be updated. See also note 1: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17436048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17436048>

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