An English word that was taken directly from another language?

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• Indian! Thanks dea..! :)

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  by Marky Mark on August 25th, 2009

• Why I didn't think of them?

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  by Suby the Coat on August 25th, 2009

• I like those words (oh.. and knaki, puttees etc) because they are taken directly from Indian languages with no fuss or bother, and noone knows where they came from. Look at the french words we have taken on board - everyone knows they are french, and tries to add a little bit of french accent with them, coup de grace etc, but with words like bungalow, they have been seamlessly integrated into English - and, the irony is, they are used by those proper brits who insult the local pakis!

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  by dea_ex_machina on August 25th, 2009

• The words are so well integrated into English that people are no longer aware of the word origins, dea_ex_machina. I had given a few Indian words in English in my answer to this question. You might care to look at them and the comments thread below that.
  http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/7548990

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  by Suby the Coat on August 25th, 2009

• good choices!

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  by dea_ex_machina on August 25th, 2009

• Check out VSPrasad's answer guys! Rocked my socks! :)

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  by Marky Mark on August 26th, 2009

• Checking. Thanks, Marky.

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  by Suby the Coat on August 26th, 2009