Indian language loanwords have long been a part of the English language. The imprint of the colonial legacy on speech and writing is epitomized best by the famed Hobson-Jobson, the 19th century ...

India has given many words to the English language. But perhaps none as weighty as 'juggernaut'.Derived from Lord Jagannath, the word goes back to the early 19th century to mean any large and ...

It's common to hear English language users say words like schadenfreude in the absence on an English equivalent of the German word that means pleasure at the misfortune of others. Of course, German ...

abhinaya: technique of facial expression in dance. angrezi: something British; from angrez: Englishman. anna: Indian coin, worth about one cent; see rupee. ashram: community of devotees withdrawn from ...