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- 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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