List of English words of Tamil origin
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This is a list of English words of Tamil origin:
- cash
- (when referring to any of various coins used in southern India and China) kAsu (= "a small copper coin"). Note that cash meaning "money" comes ultimately from Latin capsa (="chest").
- catamaran
- kattumaram (bound wood or bound trees)
- cheroot
- churuttu, regional suruttu (roll or rolled)
- curry
- kari
- mango
- māṅkāy, spoken maangaa (refers to raw mango); possibly from another Dravidian language, such as Kodagu maŋge or Malayalam māṅṅa.
- mulligatawny
- miLaguthanneer, spoken miLaguthanni (literally "pepper water")
- pariah
- parayan
- teak
- thEkku
See also: Indian English, Lists of English words of international origin