List of English words of Indian origin

This is a list of words in the English language that originated in any of the languages of India.

Anaconda (Sinhalese)
Bandicoot, from pandikokku (Telugu)
Calico, from Calicut, a town and district of Kerala, (Malayalam)
Coir, from kayar, (Malayalam as well as Tamil, most probably Malayalam)
Copra, from koppara, (Malayalam as well as Tamil)
Jack fruit from Chakka, (Malayalam )
Mango, from maanga (Malayalam as well as Tamil)
Teak, from taekku (Malayalam as well as Tamil)
Jute (Bengali)
Polo (Balti)
Bungalow from Bungla (Urdu) - a large house, typically with a sloping, tiled roof
Rickshaw from Riksha (Urdu) - tricycle pedicab
Sherbet/Sorbet from Sharbat (Urdu)
Shampoo from Champi (Hindi) - A head massage with some kind of oil or treacly mixture just before a bath
Atoll from Malayalam - ring of coral enclosing a lagoon
Copra from Malayalam - a fiber

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