Dear friends,

on the lighter side, many English words in common use today have roots in Indian languages (plural), given the fact that India used to be a major economic pillar of the British empire. I shall list a few of them:

* curry
* father
* mother
* chutney
* serpent
* bungalow
* pajamas
* copra
* teak
* polo
* avatar
* cheetah
* jungle
* pundit
* shampoo
* brinjal
* ghee
* loot
* mandarin
* punch (as a noun)
* sambal
* pariah
* betel
* mango

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ong Yong Peng wrote:

English vocabulary is largely based on Latin/Greek, French, German, Norse and Celtic, depending how far back we look at it. These languages are used in societies with social structures, religious practices and philosophical ideas very different from ancient India.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/13460