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from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala. from Urdu, to refer to Indian flavoured spices.
Other languages. Adda, from Bengali, a group of people. Bhut jolokia, from Assamese (ভূত জলকীয়া Bhut Zôlôkiya ), a hot chili found in Assam and other parts of Northeast India. Jute from Bengali, a fiber.
Unless otherwise specified, Words in English from Amerindian Languages is among the sources used for each etymology. A number of words from Quechua have entered English, mostly via Spanish, adopting Hispanicized spellings. Ayahuasca (definition) from aya "corpse" and waska "rope", via Spanish ayahuasca.
Latin India is used by Lucian (2nd century CE). [citation needed] India was known in Old English language and was used in King Alfred's translation of Paulus Orosius. In Middle English, the name was, under French influence, replaced by Ynde or Inde, which entered Early Modern English as "Indie". The name "India" then came back to English usage ...
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.
In most parts of India, the rupee is known as rupaya, rupaye, or one of several other terms derived from the Sanskrit rūpya, meaning silver. Ṭaṅka is an ancient Sanskrit word for money. While the two-paise coin was called a taka in West Pakistan, the word taka was commonly used in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), alternatively
a word originally brought by the Portuguese from India, from a Hindi source, such as Gujarati tankh "cistern, underground reservoir for water", Marathi tanken, or tanka "reservoir of water, tank". Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit tadaga "pond, lake pool", and reinforced in later sense of "large artificial container for liquid".
cachet. lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque.