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Word Origins

Words starting with c

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WordOrigins
canonized

-adjective

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonized (pronounced as kanonized) derives from it.
canonizer

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonizer (pronounced as kanonizer) derives from it.
canonizing

-verb

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonizing (pronounced as kanonizing) derives from it.
canonly

-adverb

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonly (pronounced as kanonly) derives from it.

canonry

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonry (pronounced as kanonry) derives from it.
canonry

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonistic (pronounced as kanonistic) derives from it.
canonship

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canonship (pronounced as kanonship) derives from it.
canony

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule‘.

English canony (pronounced as kanony) derives from it.
cape

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu aakhir means ‘end‘..

Greek aakra ’cape’ derive from it.

Hebrew akhron ‘last’ also derives from it.
captivation

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu sharm means ‘bashfulness’, ‘charm’.

euskara (Basque) xarmaldi (pronounced as sharmaldi) ‘captivation’ derives from it.
captivation

-noub

Indian Hindi/Urdu sharm means ’bashfulness’, ’charm’.  

euskara (Basque) xarmaldi (pronounced as sharmaldi)  ‘charming’ derives from it
care

-verb

Indian Sanskrit kr means ‘do.

Indian Hindi kar means ‘do’.

English care (‘do something’) derives from it
carriage

-noun

Indian gaadi means ‘cart’.

euskara (Basque) gurdi ‘carriage’ derives from it (r sound added).
cart

-noun

Indian Hindi word for it is gaadi.

euskara (Basque) gurdi derives from it (r sound added).

casa
cash

-noun

Indian Tamil kaasu means ‘coin money’.

Finnish kassa derives from it.

English cash derives from it.
cash box

-noun

Indian Tamil kaasu means ‘coin money’.

German die Kasse ’cash box’ derives from it.
cash drawer

-noun

Indian Tamil kaasu means ‘coin money’.

German die Kasse ’cash box’ derives from it.

Ladino kashon ‘cash drawer’ also derives from it.

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’ 

cashew nut

-noun

Indian Hindi word for it is kajoo

Indian Urdu acajou derives from it.

German der Akajou derives from it.

French acajau also derives from it.

cashew nut

-noun

Indian Hindi word for it is kaajoo.

Indian Urdu word for it is acajou (pronounced as akajoo)

French acajou derives from above Indian words.

Caucasus Mountains

-noun

Indian Tamil karuppu means ‘black’.

Indian Sanskrit kayshah means ‘hair’. ah is just a suffix for nouns.  

Croatian karakosa ‘black-haired’

This name was given properly by the Indians who settled around the black mountain range linking The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in southern Russia. Compared to the snow covered  Himalayas, the mountain range in Russia looked black.
cavity

-noun

Indian Tamil kevi means ‘cave’.

English cavity derives from it.

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Indian Urdu qamra means ‘room’.

German die Kammer ‘cavity’ derives from it.
cellar

-noun

Indian Tamil keelharrai means ‘lower room‘. ai is just a neuter suffix.

Greek kelari derives from it.

German der Keller also derives from it.

lh is our symbol for one of the two cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages. Try to pronounce l with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth.
center

-noun

Indian Sanskrit ardha means ‘half’.

euskara (Basque) erdi ‘center’ derives from it.

central

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit ardha means ‘half’.

euskara (Basque) erdi ‘central’ derives from it.

cerulean

-adjective.

Indian Hindi/Urdu aasmaan means ‘sky’.

Arabic asmanjoonee ‘cerulean’ derives from it.

chain

-noun

Indian Sanskrit band mean ‘bond’, ‘tie‘..

German das Band ‘chain’ derives from it.

Indian Tamil changili means ‘chain’.

English chain derives from it.
chair

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is kursee.

Hebrew koorsah ‘arm chair’ derives from it.
chamber

-noun

Indian Urdu word for it is qamra.

Spanish camara (pronounced as kamara) derives from it.

German die Kammer also derives from it.
chamberlain

-noun

Indian Urdu qamra means ‘room’.

German der Kammerherr ‘chamberlain’ derives from it.
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