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 "money" comes ultimately from Latin capsa (="chest").

catamaran

kattumaram (bound wood or bound trees)

cheroot

churuttu, regional suruttu (roll or rolled)

curry

kari

mango

māṅkāy, spoken maangaa (refers to raw mango); possibly from another Dravidian language, such as Kodagu maŋge or Malayalam māṅṅa.

mulligatawny

miLaguthanneer, spoken miLaguthanni (literally "pepper water")

pariah

parayan

teak

thEkku

orange

aarangchu

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