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Word origins in Hindi (and from Hindi!) (5 posts)

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johnnyji said 1 year, 5 months ago ago:

suresh posted an update:

hindi word for cannon is towp and it comes from Turkish language
station is same as station in hindi and it comes from english
Hindi word for tea is chai and it comes from chinese.
Hindi word for shop is dukan and it comes from Persian
Hindi word for lawyer is wakeel and it comes from Arabic
Hindi word for cartridges is Kartoos and it is derived from French word cartouche
The word for ”English” in Hindi is ”Angrez” or ”Angrezi”, depending on whether the English people or the English language are referred to. Both of these words originate from French. Anglais
”Inglese” is the word for ”English” in Italian, ”Inglés” is the word in Spanish, and ”Engels” comes from Dutch.

The Hindi word for ”towel” is ”tauliya”.
It comes from the Portuguese word ”toalha”. another interesting fact in bengali also we say tualha.. for the towel

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johnnyji said 1 year, 5 months ago ago:

Words in English that originate from Hindi:
khaki, guru, ashram, brahmin, chutney… (?…)

…if anyone else knows macedonian or serbian, they share alot of Ottoman Turkish / Persian words with Hindi:
chai (tea), bakshish (tip/bribe), mekhana (bar), duk’an (store)…

add more!

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johnnyji said 1 year, 5 months ago ago:

More words from Hindi- bungalow, jungle…

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Dorothea Kettler said 9 months, 4 weeks ago ago:

I recently made an interesting discovery regarding the word “apaar” – “boundless” (from Sanskrit). A similar word was used by Anaximander (a philosopher from Ancient Greece) to describe, what is presumably to be the world’s first written metaphysical thought. Funny how most of today’s philosophers believe, that Anaximander had invented the concept of Apeiron. In the end it seems to be just another idea stolen from India. :D

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Jano India said 9 months, 3 weeks ago ago:

You will be surprised to know there are many English language words of Hindi language origin. Some of them are
Bandanna – from Bandhna to tie a scarf around the head.
Chutney – from चटनी chatni, meaning “to crush”
Dacoit – from डकैत् Dakait, meaning a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
Loot – from LooT लूट, meaning ‘steal’
ETC

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