While learning Hindi, I’ve come across some English words I didn’t know had roots in Hindi:
- जंगल: jungle, same spelling/pronunciation
- लूट: loot, same spelling/pronunciation
- ठग: thug, comes from the Hindi word thag, aka swindler
- जगन्नाथ: Juggernaut, comes from the Hindi word Jagannath, an avatar of Vishnu
- ख़ुशी: Cushy, comes from the Hindi word Khushi, meaning happiness
- पाँच: Punch (like the drink), comes from the Hindi word paanch, which is another drink, but also means 5 because the drink had 5 ingredients
- गुरु: Guru