03-19-2005, 05:12 AM
<span style='color:red'>List of English words of Tamil origin
This is a list of English words of Tamil origin:
cash
(when referring to any of various coins used in southern India and China) kAsu (= "a small copper coin"). Note that cash meaning "paper money" comes ultimately from Latin capsa (="chest").
catamaran
kattumaram (bound wood or bound trees)
cheroot
churuttu, regional suruttu (roll(v. or rolled)
curry
kari
mango
mankay, spoken maangaa (refers to raw mango); possibly from another Dravidian language, such as Kodagu mange or Malayalam manna.
mulligatawny
miLaguthanneer, spoken miLaguthanni (literally "pepper water")
pariah
parayan
teak
thEkku
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This is a list of English words of Tamil origin:
cash
(when referring to any of various coins used in southern India and China) kAsu (= "a small copper coin"). Note that cash meaning "paper money" comes ultimately from Latin capsa (="chest").
catamaran
kattumaram (bound wood or bound trees)
cheroot
churuttu, regional suruttu (roll(v. or rolled)
curry
kari
mango
mankay, spoken maangaa (refers to raw mango); possibly from another Dravidian language, such as Kodagu mange or Malayalam manna.
mulligatawny
miLaguthanneer, spoken miLaguthanni (literally "pepper water")
pariah
parayan
teak
thEkku
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