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Below are but a few of likely thousands of English
words derived from Sanskrit words, compiled from multiple sources.[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
English Sanskrit
sister SvasR brother bhrAtR mother mAta,
mAtR
father pitR daughter duhitr son sunu
car car,
carya cut cuT bath bad
bad badh cow go, gau shampoo sampU
same sama symmetry samma Three tri
Penta panch Seven sapta Eight ashta
Deca dasha Sugar sharkara Pepper pippala
Orange naaranga Rice vrihi Grass
ghaasa
Jungle jangala Serpent sarpa Cheetah chitra
Languor laangulam Mouse
muusha Panther pandara
Cough kapha Vomit vama Voice vachas
Dental danta Mouth mukha Heart hrit,
hRdaya
Nose naasa Seniews snaayu Smile smi
Man manu Mind man Ignited
agni
Create kri Myth mithyA New nava
Stay sthA Path patha Monk muni
Saint sant Serve Sevaa Gene jan
Stand sthA Name
naama Door dvaawara
Mix Mishra Mortuary mRta, mRtyu That tat
Vehicle vah Opal ` upala Committee samiti
Widow vidhavaa Cot kaTa ass āsa
attic aṭṭaka bumble bee bambhara char cūr
cruel krūra dumb ḍimbha estate astatāti
genuine jenya hunter hantṛ cook kuka
litter lita little liṭya look lok
mad mad mass masa meet mith
money maṇi omen oman overlook avalok
owl ālu pence paṇasa posh poṣa
press preṣ
proud prauḍha rite rīti
sad sāda saint santa scale sakala
shallow śarāva shock śoka Sir sūri
smart samartha spy spaś stale sthālika
swear svṛ jump jhampa urge ūrj
use yuj wax vakṣ win van
wish vaś toll tul toss tas
union yūni urgent ūrjita vest veṣṭ
wage vāja
wagon vahana wed vid
varnish varṇ zebra sabara fever jvar
entrails
antral nasal/nose naas herpes serpes
gland granthi drip, drop(s) drups hydrocephalus ardra-kapaalaa
hiccups hicca muscle mausal malign mallen
hooray hari
amen aum idea vidya
is As two dva dinghy din.gi
shaman shramaNa call, calling kal ambient amb
cackle kakh fart pard to pound puND
rap (talk) rap lick lih dam dam
soot sutee pretty (“fairly”) prati rumble ramb
want vanta bond bandha domicile dama
divine divya nasty naSTi navy/naval nAva
far para parallel parA care karuNa
osteomalacia ashti-malashay
(contamination of the bones)
dyspepsia dush-pachanashay
(bad digestion)
surgeon salya-jan
(one who yields a sharp instrument)
fertility falati-Iti
(one who yields fruit)
anesthesia anashtashayee
(one lying in improper state)
homeopathy sameo-pathy
(treatment parallel to symptoms)
allopathy alag-pathy
(treatment different from symptoms)
can (i.e., “can him” kill/get rid of) can
yolk (i.e., “yolk the oxen”) yoga
etc., etc.,
[1] Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon (from
Monier-Williams' 'Sanskrit-English Dictionary'), accessed January 5, 2023,
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/tamil/index.html.
[2] Antara R. Bansal, “Do you know these common English
words of Sanskrit origin?” Language Curry, accessed January 5, 2023, https://blogs.languagecurry.com/articles/do-you-know-these-common-english-words-of-sanskrit-origin.
[3] Constantine Borissoff. “English – Sanskrit similar
words,” borissoff Personal site of Constantine Borissoff, November 12, 2012, https://borissoff.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/english-sanskrit-similar-words/.
[4] Stephen Knapp, Proof of Vedic Culture’s Global
Existence (Detroit: The World Relief Network, 2000), 30.
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