English words that have Sanskrit roots
Word Origin
saunskrut word | english word | saunskrut word | english word | |
| ma | me, my, mine | agni (fire) | ignite (latin ignis) | |
| swa | self | anta | end | |
| tva | thou, thee (you) | antar (between) | inter-national, interior | |
| naam | name | apekshit | expect | |
| matru | mother | asti | is (greek esti) | |
| pitru | father (pater) | bandha (bind) | bind, bandage | |
| bhraatra | brother | dama (home) | domicile, domestic | |
| swasar | sister | daana (gift) | donate | |
| suunu | son | dev (god) | divine | |
| duhiter | daughter | dwar | door | |
| ga | go | |||
| ek (one or same) | equal | gam | come | |
| dvi (two) | duet, dual, double, duo | gouh (earth) | geometry, geography (greek geos) | |
| tri (three) | three, triple | gow | cow | |
| chatur (four) | quarter, quarternary, quadrate | hanta (kill) | hunt | |
| panch (five) | pentagon | hara (destroy) | harass | |
| sapta (seven) | septulets, septagon | iccha, isha (to wish) | wish | |
| ashta | eight, octagon | jan (produce offspring, born) | generate, genocide | |
| nav | nine | jhampa | jump | |
| dasha (ten) | decagon, decade | kaal (time) | calendar (latin kalendae) | |
| shatam (hundred) | century, centipede (latin centum) | kath (say, talk) | quote | |
| kon (angle) | octa-gon, penta-gon (8 angled, 5 angled etc.) | kroor | cruel | |
| miti (measure) | metric, meter, measure (latin metiri) | lok (place) | location, locus, locale | |
| tri-kona-miti | trignometry | maas (month) | month, moon | |
| madhya | middle, mediocre, moderate | |||
| manav | man, men | mooshak | mouse | |
| yuva | youth, young | mruta (death) | mortal, murder, mortuary (latin mortalis) | |
| manas | mind, mental | Na | No | |
| mukh (face) | Mouth (old english muth) | Nawa | New | |
| kapal (head) | as in "per capita", captain | nou | navy, navigation | |
| bhru | brow | path | Path | |
| akshi (eye) | occipital, occular | raaj (king, rule) | rich, regal, regulate | |
| nasika | nose, nostril, nasal | sama | same, similar | |
| danta (tooth) | dental, denture | sarpa | Serpent | |
| hrid | heart | sharkara | saccharin, sucrose, sugar | |
| hasta | hand | smit | smile | |
| nabhi | Navel | swadu | sweet | |
| janu | knee (french genou) | syu | sew, suture | |
| pad (feet) | pedicure, pedestrian, centipede | taru | Tree | |
| sweda | sweat | tat | That | |
| bhramachaari (unmarried male. in student life a person was expected to be bhramachaari.) | bachelor in english, the word bachelor is used for unmarried males and also for the preliminary degree conferred on students! | vahan | vehicle | |
| vak, vaacha | voice, vocal | |||
| vastra (clothing) | vesture (latin vestitura) | |||
| veda, vidya (from vid) (knowledge) | wit, wise (from vid) | |||