Sanskrit is scientific and systematic language and it is member of Indo-European language family. Hindi, which is official language of India is also descended from it. There are innumerable words in English which are borrowed from this ancient language. Some of the very common Sanskrit originated words are listed below. these words are so nicely intermingled with English words that we hardly notice there Sanskrit origin.
| Aarya | People from central asia, noble, royal, master” (aryan) |
| Afghanistan | From the sanskrit tribal nameasvaka meaning “horseman”, as the country was noted for its fine breed of horses |
| Ahimsa | From sanskrit ahimsa, which means “not-harmful< /p> |
| Ambarella | From sanskrit: a kind of tree |
| Aniline | From sanskrit nili. |
| Atoll | From sanskrit antala |
| Avatar | From sanskrit avataara, which means “descent”, |
| Buddha | From sanskrit buddha, which means “awakened, enligtened” |
| cash | From sanskrit karsha , a weight of gold or silver. |
| Candy | From sanskrit khanda “piece of sugar” |
| Cashmere | From kashmir, the himalayan region where this wool is from. the name kashmere is derived from ka (“water”) and shimir (“to desiccate”). |
| Cheetah | From sanskrit chitraka, which means “speckled” |
| China | From sanskrit chinas |
| Chit | From sanskrit chitra-s “uniquely marked”. |
| Crimson | From sanskrit krmi-ja literally: “red dye produced by a worm.” |
| Deodar | From sanskrit devadaru, a kind of tree |
| diva | from sanskrit deva which means “a god” |
| ginger | From sanskrit srngaveram , which means “body of a horn” |
| gurkha | From sanskrit goraksah , “a cowherd”. |
| Jackal | From sanskrit srgalah “the howler”. |
| jaggery | From sanskrit sarkaran |
| Jungle | From sanskrit jangala-s, which means “arid |
| Lac | From sanskrit laksha |
| Lilac | From sanskrit nila, which means “dark blue”. |
| Loot | From sanskrit lota-m or luhati meaning “he steals” |
| Mahout | From sanskrit mahamatrah |
| Meerkat | From sanskrit markata meaning “an ape |
| Orange | From sanskrit naranga-s meaning “an orange tree”. |
| opal | From sanskrit upalah |
| pukka | From sanskrit pakva |
| punch | from sanskrit panchan-s . A mixed drink. |
| rice | From sanskrit vrihi-s “rice” |
| rupee | From sanskrit rupyakam , an indian silver coin |
| Saccharo | From sanskrit sarkara |
| sandal | From sanskrit candanam |
| Shampoo | From sanskrit capayati, which means “kneads” |
| sikh | Through hindi sikh “a disciple”, ultimately from sanskrit siksati which means “studies” |
| Singapore | From sanskrit simhapuram, literally “the lion city”. |
| Sri lanka | From sanskrit: which means “venerable island.” |
| sugar
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From sanskrit sharkara which means “ground or candied sugar” (originally “grit” or “gravel”. |
| sulfur | From sanskrit sulvari |
| thug | From sanskrit sthaga, which means “a scoundrel” |
| yeti | yathih, which means “great sage, holyman” (this might have come to use as one might have mistaken a sage for the real yeti) |