Word Origins
Words starting with c
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| cabin |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’.
Turkish kamara ‘cabin’
derives from it. |
| Cadamba tree |
-noun
Indian Tamil name for it is Kadambamaram.
maram means ‘tree’. |
| cake |
-noun
Arabic word for it is ka’k.
English cake derives
from it. |
| calamus |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit kulomisha
is a medicinal grass. |
| Calcutta |
-noun
Very large city in India
Indian Tamil koalhi means
‘chicken’.
koottam means
‘assembly’, ‘gathering’. am is just a suffix.
koalhikoottam
literally means ‘chicken farm’.
koalhikoottam becomes Calcutta.
Almost every city in the
world started as chicken farm. |
| calf of leg |
calf of leg -noun
Indian Tamil kaal means
‘leg’. |
| Calicut |
-noun
a city in south India
Indian Tamil koalhi means
‘chicken’.
koottam means
‘assembly’, ‘gathering’. am is just a suffix.
koalhikoottam
literally means ‘chicken farm’.
koalhikoottam becomes Calicut.
Almost every city in the
world started as chicken farm. |
| calm |
-adjective
Indian Sanskrit word for it
is sham.
Gaelic seimh derives
from it.
euskara (Basque) word for it
is tranquil. |
| camarera |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’. |
| camariera |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’. |
| camp |
-noun
Indian Urdu makaan means
‘house’. |
| candle |
-noun
Indian Urdu noor means
‘light’. |
| canon |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule’.
Arabic qaanoon ‘canon’
derives from it.
English canon also
derives from it. |
| canon law |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonical |
-adjective
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule’.
Arabic qaanoonee ‘canonical’
derives from it. |
| canonically |
-adverb
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonicalness |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonicate |
-verb
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘.
English canonicate
(pronounced as kanonikate) derives from
it.
French canonicat
(pronounced as kanoonikat) also derives
from it. |
| canonication |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘.
English canonication
(pronounced as kanonikashun) derives
from it. |
| canonicity |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘.
English canonicity
(pronounced as kanonicity) derives from
it. |
| canonism |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonist |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘.
English canonist
(pronounced as kanonist) derives from
it.
French canonicity
(pronounced as kanonicity) also derives
from it. |
| canonistic |
-adjective
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonistical |
-adjective
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonistre |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonizable |
-adjective
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonizant |
-adjective
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonizate |
-verb
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonization |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
| canonize |
-verb
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’, ‘rule‘. |
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