Word Origins

-noun

Indian Hindi word for it is mez.

-noun

Indian thabla means ‘drum played with hands’. It has one or two flat tops.

It served as tables in India.

English table derives from it.

to take away-verb transitive

Indian Tamil kenhdu po means ‘take away’. po means ‘go’.

euskara (Basque) kendu ‘to take away’ derives from it.

nh is our simple symbol for one of the two cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages. Try to pronounce n with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since euskara (Basque) does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

to take from -verb transitive

Indian Tamil kenhdu po means ‘take away’. po means ‘go’.

euskara (Basque) kendu ‘to take from’ derives from it.

nh is our simple symbol for one of the two cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages. Try to pronounce n with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since euskara (Basque) does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

to take off-verb transitive

Indian Tamil kenhdu po means ‘take away’. po means ‘go’.

euskara (Basque) kendu ‘to take off’ derives from it.

nh is our simple symbol for one of the two cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages. Try to pronounce n with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since euskara (Basque) does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

-adjective

Arabic tall means ‘elevation’.

-noun

Indian Tamil thaamarai means ‘lotus’. ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is thaamar.

-noun

Latin name for it is Tamarindus indica.

-noun

Indian Hindi thamaashaa means ‘fun’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) tamashi ‘game‘ derives from it.

-noun

Indian thabla means ‘drum’. It is played with bare hands.

euskara (Basque) atabaldun  ‘tambour player’ derives from it.

-noun

Dispenser of water

Indian Kannada word for it is nalli.

Indian Hindi word for it is nal.

-noun

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

-noun

Indian thaareek means ‘date’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) tarighi ‘date’derives from it.

-noun

Indian thaareek means ‘date’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) tarighi ‘date’derives from it.

-adjective

Indian Tamil saappidu means ‘eat’, food’

-noun

Indian word for it is chaay.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) chai derives from it.

Turkish chay also derives from it.

Ladino chay 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’.

-verb

Indian Tamil word for it is choll.

English tell derives from it.

t is sometimes pronounced as ch and vice versa.

Eg. Christian is pronounced as Chrischian.

-noun

Indian Tamil word for it is kovil (pronounced as koavil).

-number

Indian Sanskrit dasha means ‘ten’

Indian Hindi simplifies it to das ‘ten’.

Russian desyat derives from above Indian words.

Latin decem also derives from above Indian words.

Spanish diez also derives from above Indian words.

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu ghar means ‘house’

-noun

Indian Tamil tharrai means ‘earth’.

-adjective

Indian Tamil tharrai means ‘earth’.

-noun

Indian Tamil tharrai means ‘earth’.

-noun

Indian Hindi thamaashaa means ‘fun’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) tamashi ‘game‘ derives from it.

-noun

Indian Sanskrit thamasa means ‘dark’.

-verb

Indian Hindi/Urdu shukriya means ‘thanks’.

Arabic shakara ‘thank’ derives from it.

-adjective

Indian Hindi/Urdu shukriya means ‘thanks’.

-noun

Indian Tamil imam 'snow' +  maalai 'garland' = imayamalai ‘garland of snow’

There are no original h sounds in Tamil, euskara (Basque), Gaelic, Greek, Latin and Russian.

Sanskrit introduces the h word.

Sanskrit himah means ‘ice’, ‘frost’, ‘snow’.

Indian Sanskrit Himaalaya derives.

euskara (Basque) pireneomendiak

Spanish los Pirineos

English Pyrenees

-noun

Indian Hindi chor (pronounced as choar) means ‘thief’

Romany (language of European gypsies) choribe derives from it.