List of English Words of Sanskrit Origin - C

C

Cheetah
which is from Sanskrit चित्रस chitra-s "uniquely marked".
Chuddar
through Urdu چادر ultimately from Sanskrit छत्रम् chatram.
Chukar
via Hindi चकोर cakor and Urdu چکور chukar ultimately from Sanskrit चकोर cakorah.
Chukker
from Hindi चक्कर chakkar, from Sanskrit चक्र cakra, "a circle, a wheel".
Citipati
from Sanskrit चिति पति citi-pati, which means "a funeral pyre lord".
Cot
from Hindi खाट khaat "a couch", which is from Sanskrit खट्वा khatva.
Cowrie
from Hindi कौड़ी kauri and Urdu کمتدب kauri, from Marathi कवडइ kavadi, which is ultimately from Sanskrit कपर्द kaparda.
Crimson
from Old Spanish cremesin, via Medieval Latin cremesinus from Arabic قرمز qirmiz "a kermes", which is ultimately from Sanskrit कृमिज krmi-ja literally: "red dye produced by a worm."
Crocus
from Greek κρόκος crocus, via Semitic languages (e.g. Hebrew כרכום karkōm, Aramaic ܟܟܘܪܟܟܡܡܐ kurkama, Persian and Arabic كركم kurkum, which mean saffron or saffron yellow.); ultimately from Sanskrit कुङ्कुमं kunkumam.

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