Mainstream English words with Sanskrit Roots
Prati Shat (meaning for every hundred i.e percent)per centum (L)percent
| Root Sanskrit Word | Median Word in Latin(L) / Greek(G) / Arabic(A) | Derived English Word |
| Gau (meaning Cow) | Bous (G) | Cow |
| Matr (meaning Mother) | Mater (L) | Mother |
| Jan (meaning Generation) | Genea (G) | Gene |
| Aksha (meaning Axis) | Axon (G) | Axis |
| Navagatha (meaning Navigation) | Navigationem (L) | Navigation |
| Sarpa (meaning Snake) | Serpentem (L) | Serpent |
| Naas (means Nose) | Nasus (L) | Nose |
| Anamika (means Anonymous) | Anonymos (G) | Anonymous |
| Naama (means Name) | Nomen (L) | Name |
| Manu (means First Human) | ?? | Man/Men/Human |
| Ashta (meaning Eight) | Octo (L) | Eight |
| Barbara (meaning Foreign) | Barbaria (L) | Barbarian |
| Dhama (meaning House) | Domus (L) | Domicile |
| Danta (meaning Teeth) | Dentis (L) | Dental |
| Dwar (meaning Door) | Doru | Door |
| Dasha (meaning Ten) | Deca (G) | Deca |
| Madhyam (meaning Medium) | Medium (L) | Medium |
| Kaal (meaning Time) | Kalendae (L) | Calendar |
| Kri (meaning To Do) | Creatus (L) | Create |
| Mishra (meaning Mix) | Mixtus (L) | Mix |
| Ma (meaning Me/My) | Me (L) | Me |
| Pithr (meaning Father) | Pater (L) | Father |
| Bhrathr (meaning Brother) | Phrater (G) | Brother |
| Loka (meaning Place) | Locus (L) | Locale |
| Maha (meaning Great) | Magnus (L) | Mega |
| Mala (meaning Dirt/Bad) | Malus (L) | Mal as in Malicious, Malnutrition, Malformed etc |
| Makshikaa (meaning Bee) | Musca (L) (Meaning Fly) | Mosquito |
| Mrta (meaning Dead) | Mortis (L) | Murder |
| Na (meaning No) | Ne | No |
| Nakta (meaning Night) | Nocturnalis (L) | Nocturnal |
| Paad (meaning Foot) | Pedis (L) | Ped as in Pedestrial, Pedal etc |
| Pancha (meaning Five) | Pente (G) | Penta, Five |
| Parah (meaning Remote) | Pera (G) | Far |
| Patha (meaning Path) | Pathes (G) | Path |
| Raja / Raya (meaning King) | Regalis (L) | Royal |
| Sama (meaning Similar) | Similis (L) | Similar |
| Sapta (meaning Seven) | Septum (L) | Seven |
| Sharkara (meaning Sugar) | Succarum | Sugar / Sucrose |
| Smi (meaning Smile) | Smilen (L) | Smile |
| SthaH (meaning Situated) | Stare (L) (meaning To Stand) | Stay |
| Svaad (meaning Tasty) | Suavis (L) | Sweet |
| Tha (meaning That) | Talis (L) | That |
| Tva (meaning Thee) | Dih | Thee |
| Vachas (meaning Speech) | Vocem (L) | Voice |
| Vahaami (meaning Carry) | Vehere (meaning to Carry) (L) | Vehicle |
| Vama / Vamati (meaning Vomit) | Vomere (L) | Vomit |
| Vastr (meaning Cloth) | Vestire (L) | Vest |
| Yauvana (meaning Youth) | Juvenilis (L) | Juvenile |
| Narangi (meaning Orange) | Naranj | Orange |
| Pippali (meaning Pepper) | Piperi (G) | Pepper |
| Chandana (meaning Sandalwood) | Santalon (G) | Sandalwood |
| Chandra (meaning Moon) | Candela (L) (meaning light / torch) | Candle |
| Chatur (meaning Four) | Quartus (L) | Quarter |
| Shunya (meaning Zero) | Cipher (A) | Zero |
| a (prefix meaning “not” ex: gochara – agochara) | a (L)(G) (prefix meaning “not”) | a (prefix meaning “not” ex: theiest-atheist |
| an (prefix meaning “not” ex: avashya – anavashya) | un (L)(G) (prefix meaning “not”) | un (prefix meaning “not” ex: do-undo |
| Arjuna (meaning Charm of Silver) | Argentinum (L) | Argentinum – Scientific Name of Silver |
| Nava (meaning New) | Novus (L) | Nova – New |
| Kafa (meaning Mucus) | Coughen | Cough |
| Mithya (meaning Lie) | Mythos (G) | Myth |
| Thri (meaning Three) | Treis (G) | Three |
| Mush (meaning Mouse) | Mus (L) | Mouse |
| Maragadum (meaning Emerald) | Smaragdus (L) | Emerald |
| Ghritam (meaning Ghee) | ?? | Ghee |
| Srgalah (meaning Jackal) | Shagal (Persian) | Jackal |
| Nila (meaning Dark Blue) | Nilak (Persian) | Lilac |
| Srgalah | Shagal (Persian) | Jackal |
| Man (Ma as in Malaysia) (meaning Mind) | Mens (L) | Mind |
| Upalah (meaning Precious Stone) | Opalus (L) | Opal |
| Vrihis (meaning Rice) | Oriza (L) | Rice |
| Upalah (meaning Precious Stone) | Opalus (L) | Opal |
| Barbar (meaning stammering) | Barbaros (G) | Barbarian |
| Jaanu (meaning knee) | Genu (L) | Knee |
| Sunu (meaning Son or Offspring) | Sunu (German) | Son |
| Ghas (meaning eat) | Grasa (German) | Grass |
| Samiti (meaning Committee) | committere (L) | Committee |
| Sama (meaning Same) | Samaz (Proto Germanic) | Same |
| Lubh (meaning Desire) | Lubo (Latin and Proto Germanic) | Love |
| Agni (meaning Fire) | Ignis (L) | Ignite |
| Hrt (meaning Heart) | Herto (Proto Germanic) | Heart |
| Yaana (meaning journey, wagon) | Wagen (German) | Van, Wagon |
| Nara (meaning Nerve) | Nervus (L) | Nerve, Nervous |
| They (th pronounced as in thunder, meaning they) | Dei (Germanic) | They |
| Prati (param) | per (L) | per |
| Prati Shat (meaning for every hundred, i.e percent) | per centum (L) | percent |
Samart (smart-samarthan) Smart
Uupper ( meaning upper) Upper
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sister-svásar, son-sūnú, daughter-duhitár, man-manu/manav, dental-dántam,
from Old Spanish cremesin, via Medieval Latin cremesinus from Arabic قرمز qirmiz “a kermes”, which is ultimately from Sanskrit कृमिज krmi-ja literally: “red dye produced by a worm.”[29]
from Greek κρόκος crocus, via Semitic languages (e.g. Hebrew כרכום karkōm, Aramaic ܟܟܘܪܟܟܡܡܐ kurkama, Persian and Arabic كركم kurkum, which mean saffron or saffron yellow.[30]); ultimately from Sanskrit कुङ्कुमं kunkumam.[31]
through Hindi: घी ultimately from Sanskrit: घृतं ghritam.
via Anglo-Indian shampoo and Hindi चाँपो champo probably from Sanskrit चपयति capayati, which means “kneads”
via Malay Singapura ultimately from Sanskrit सिंहपुरं Simhapuram, literally “the lion city”.
through Old French sucre, Italian zucchero, Medieval Latin succarum, Arabic: سكر sukkar and Persian: شکر shakar ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा sharkara which means “ground or candied sugar” (originally “grit” or “gravel”), from proto-Dravidian
Cruel Krur(Sanskrit)
I would like to present here a list of some interesting similarities between Sanskrit and English words which I have collected working on my dictionary. Some of these are genuine cognates, others are just funny coincidences. I have not sorted them out and leave to the readers the pleasure of guessing which are genuine cognates and which are the false ones :). See also the list of Russian-Sanskrit cognate verbs.
Transliteration crash course: ā, ī, ū – long sounds; ṛ = ri (a short i similar to Rus. soft рь/r‘); c=ch; j similar to j in “jam”; ṣ similar to sh; ś a subtler sort of sh, closer to German /ch/ as in ich .
| ass | āsa seat, the lower part of the body, behind, posteriors |
| attic | aṭṭaka an apartment on the roof |
| bumblebee | bambhara a bee |
| char | cūr to burn |
| cruel | krūra cruel, fierce, ferocious, pitiless, harsh |
| dumb | ḍimbha an idiot, an infant |
| estate | astatāti home |
| genuine | jenya genuine, true |
| hunter | hantṛ a slayer, killer |
| cook | kuka a cook |
| litter | lita broken, torn asunder asunder, scattered, dispersed, destroyed |
| little | liṭya to be little |
| look | lok to see, behold, perceive |
| mad | mad to rejoice, be glad,exult, delight or revel in, be drunk (also fig.) |
| mass | masa measure, weight |
| meet | mith to unite, pair, couple, meet (as friend or antagonist) |
| money | maṇi jewel, gem, pearl (also fig.) |
| omen | oman help, protection |
| overlook | avalok to look upon or at, view, behold, see, notice, observe |
| owl | ālu an owl |
| pence | paṇasa a commodity , an article of sale or commerce |
| posh | poṣa thriving, prosperity, abundance, wealth, growth, increase |
| press | preṣ to drive on, urge, impel, send forth |
| proud | prauḍha proud, arrogant, confident, bold, audacious, impudent |
| rite | rīti general course or way, usage, custom, practice, method, manner |
| sad | sāda sinking down, exhaustion, weariness |
| saint | santa true, real, actual, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful, pure, virtuous, good, successful, effectual, valid |
| scale | sakala consisting of parts, divisible |
| shallow | śarāva a shallow cup, dish, plate, platter |
| shock | śoka sorrow, affliction, anguish, pain, trouble, grief for |
| Sir | sūri a learned man, sage |
| smart | samartha very strong or powerful, competent, capable of. able to |
| spy | spaś one who looks or beholds, a watcher, spy |
| stale | sthālika the smell of faeces |
| stupor,stupid | sthāpita caused or made to stand, fixed |
| swear | svṛ (also written {svar}) to utter a sound, sound, resound |
| jump | jhampa a jump |
| urge | ūrj to strengthen, invigorate |
| use | yuj to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ |
| wax | vakṣ to grow, increase, be strong or powerful |
| win | van to conquer, win, become master of, possess |
| wish | vaś to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like |
| toll | tul to lift up, raise |
| toss | tas to throw |
| union | yūni connection, union |
| urgent | ūrjita endowed with strength or power, important |
| vest | veṣṭ to dress, to wrap up, envelop, enclose, surround, cover, invest, beset |
| wage | vāja the prize of a race or of battle, booty, gain, reward |
| wagon | vahana a square chariot with a pole |
| varnish | varṇ to paint, colour, dye. |
| wed | voḍha led home married |
| zebra | śabara variegated, brindled |
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In Russian also, there are uncanny similarities with Sanskrit. Infact, fire in Russian is called Agni!
Hi, the post is nice in detail..I am not sure whether even numbers like two (dvi),three (thri), penta (pancha), septa (sapta),six(shash,shan),octo (ashta), nine (nava), decimal (dasa),etc..were more common. Also some are some similarities like new-neo (naveen), nose (naashi), eye (aksha), hand (hasth), man (manu).. Even the zodiac symbols used in greek-latin system (aries,taurus,etc..) were strikingly similar with sanskrit zodiacs (mesha, rishab,etc..)
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