Word Origins

-adjective

Indian Tamil saappidu means ‘eat’, food’

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is mamisam.

Indian Sanskrit word for it is maamsam.

Indian Hindi word for it is maans.

-adjective

Indian Tamil word for it is mamisam.

Indian Sanskrit word for it is maamsam.

Indian Hindi word for it is maans.

-noun

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

euskara (Basque) xarmakeria (pronounced as sharmakeria) ‘flirting’ derives from it.

-noun

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

euskara (Basque) xarmakeria (pronounced as sharmakeria) ’flirting’ derives from it.

-noun

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

-noun

Indian Tamil aarru means ‘river’.

Ladino arroyo ‘flood’ derives from it.

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

-noun

Chinese taaifang means ‘typhoon’.

Typhoons occur very frequently in south east Asia.

Indian Hindi/Urdu thoofaan ‘typhoon’ derives from it.

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is poo.

Hindi/Urdu makes it into phool.

Spanish flora derives from phool.

Gaelic flur derives.

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is phool (pronounced as fool).

Spanish flora derives from it by adding r sound.

English flower also derives from it by adding v sound to Spanish word.

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Indian Sanskrit word for it is pushpam. am is just a suffix. The basic word is pushp.

Chinese pu-shi-pu derives from it.

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Indian Kannada word for it is hoovu.

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is oodikulhal. Tamil oodu means ‘blow’.

Hebrew khaleel derives from it.

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is kulhal

Hebrew khaleel derives from it.

lh is our simple 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. Since euskara (Basque) does not have this unique sound, simple l sound is used.

-noun

Tamil word for it is moodan. an is just a male suffix.

Spanish mudo ‘dumb’ derives from it

Ladino mudo ‘dumb’ also derives from it.

Gaelic amadan ‘fool’ also derives from it.

-noun

Indian Sanskrit word for it is paadah. ah is just a noun suffix.

Greek podi derives from it.

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu thasveer means ‘picture’.

Arabic tazveer ‘forgery’ derives from it.

-noun

Indian Urdu word for it is mubaarak.

euskara (Basque) barka ’forgiveness’ derives from it.

-noun

Indian Urdu word for it is mubaarak.

euskara (Basque) barkabera ’forgiving’ derives from it.

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit bhrathah means ’brother’. ah is just a suffix for nouns.

Gaelic braithreil ‘fraternal’ derives from it.

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is kapatam. am is just a suffix for neuter nouns.

Indian Hindi word for it is kapat.

-adverb, conjunction, preposition

Indian Sanskrit apo means ‘away’, ‘from’, ‘off’.

Greek apo derives from it.

Latin prefix ab ’from’ also derives from it.

Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is aaghe.

Gaelic agaidh derives from it.

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is palham.

Indian Sanskrit word for it is phalam.

Indian Hindi word for it is phal.

-noun

Indian Tamil palham means ‘fruit’.

Indian Sanskrit word is phalam.

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

This example is given to show that there is very little difference between northern and southern Indian languages.

-adjective

Indian Tamil palham means ‘fruit’.

Indian Sanskrit word is phalam.

Indian Hindi saphal means ‘fruitful‘..

-noun

Persian (ancient Iranian) word for it is fursang.