However, word meanings can vary dramatically from one culture to the other. Much of India was united under a Muslim sultanate based around Delhi from the 12th century until incorporated in the Mogul empire in the 16th century. Indians are total geniuses.
7. To illustrate the meaning behind this, let’s look at In India, when somebody talks about going to school, they mean attending classes before enrolling in a college (or in the U.S. terms, elementary and secondary school).
When I know which tribe, the name comes from, I have indicated it. I’m from that part of the world and this is absolutely how it is :D Some of the things mentioned here are those which even I say wrong on daily bases :P *Embarrassed*hahahaa.. Also, “bangalore torpedo”.Probably this is my first comment on DWT. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2307/ These words have entered English through a variety of routes, but the presence of many dates back to the days of the Raj, when India was occupied by the British.More recently the word has gained additional senses, for example to refer to a computer user’s visual representation within a game, on a forum etc.What about the word “khaki”, which also comes from that part of the world? In the U.S. schooling also means going to a college and beyond.That is the term “school” can mean everything related to study – the pre-school, middle school, completing the medical course, or pursuing a law program, attending the university, or any other kinds of vocational training.So being a non-U.S. English speaker when you hear a grown-up person talking about “Going to school?”, you should not take it for granted that the person had been detained for years in a class. There was a kind of a Japanese suicide bomb (antiship) that American and British sailors called the “okha”, but that is just the Japanese word for “stupid”.
Interesting! 5) Sorbet (drink): Derived from Sharbat (Urdu/Hindi/Arabic)6) Typhoon (cyclonic storm): Derived from Toofan word in Urdu, same meaning.That is interesting about the word “typhoon” coming from Urdu/Hindi. I don’t think that word has much currency outside of India. Imagine that! Just sayin’.1) Cummerbund (piece of material worn around the waist): word derived from kamar (waist) and bundh (binding)2) Cashmere (Fine downy wool growing in the outer hair of the cashmere goat): A corrupted word originated from state of Kashmir in India, where these goats were found in abundance.3) Lantern (Light in a transparent protective case): From Hindi/Urdu word Lalteen, a lighting device of the same kind.4) Punch (An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl): Origin from the drink (named as paantsch) that was originally made with five (derived from paanch(five) in Urdu/Hindi) ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. We had enough intelligence officers who were trained in the Japanese language that they told the other sailors and Marines about the word “okha”.Concerning the word “loot”. I can relate so much! I don’t think that word has much currency outside of India. Imagine that! We had enough intelligence officers who were trained in the Japanese language that they told the other sailors and Marines about the word “okha”.Concerning the word “loot”.
India was the source of four of the world's chief religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism— and was home to an early civilization around the the Indus Valley from c.2600 BC. That is because the word is slang for “condom,” according to the In Indian culture, the term “first-class” is all-encompassing for things that English speakers like or enjoy. Image link: Work at Home Rockstar.