Word Origins

-noun

Indian Sanskrit jalam ‘water’

am is just a suffix for nouns. The basic word is jal.

Arabic jaleed ‘ice’ derives from it.

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit jalam means ‘water’.

am is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is jal.

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit Agni is ‘god of fire’.

-noun

Indian Sanskrit Agni is ‘god of fire’.

-noun

Indian Sanskrit prefix a means ‘not’.

Indian Sanskrit mathi means ’thought’

Greek amaathia ’ignorance’ derives from above Indian words.

-adjective

Similarities

Indian Urdu Qaisar al hind ’emperor of India’ (title given to king George)

German der Kaiser ‘emperor’

-noun

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

Arabic qaanoon ‘impost’ derives from it.

-adjective

Indian word for it is pariah.

euskara (Basque) paria derives from it.

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu aadmi means ’man’.

Ladino adam ‘human being’, ‘individual’, ‘man‘, ’person’ derives from it..

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

-adjective

Indian Urdu word for it is mubaarak.

euskara (Basque) barkabera ‘indulgent’ derives from it.

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu suvvar means ‘pig’.

Gaelic suarach ‘inferiority’ derives from it.

-noun, adjective

Indian Urdu word is kaafir

-noun

Indian Urdu qalam means ‘pen’.

-noun

Indian Sanskrit nava means ‘nine’.

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit na means ‘not’.

Indian Hindi/Urdu naheen ‘not’ derives from it.

Arabic naahin ‘interdictory’ also derives from it.

-noun

Chinese taaifang means ‘typhoon’.

Typhoons occur very frequently in south east Asia.

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

-present

Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is hai.

-proper noun

Indian god Shiva and goddess Parvathi had a younger son named Skanda, a great general of the army.

-noun

Indian Tamil aivirali means ‘creeper whose leaves resemble fingers‘.

Tamil viral means ‘finger’

English ivy derives from it.