List of English words of Indian origin

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

• 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

• Doolally, from Marathi word देवळाली. "mad, insane" from the town of Deolali^[1]
• Mongoose, from Marathi word मुंगूस (Muṅgūsa)

• Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine in Colonial & Postcolonial Literary Dialogues