Updated and expanded English and Sanskrit cognates/nigh-cognates

 Updated and expanded English and Sanskrit cognates/nigh-cognates

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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.,

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[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.