The Sanskrit Crocus
The name crocus, for the flowering plant and source of saffron, is very likely ultimately descended from Sanskrit kunkumam (कुङ्कुमं) by way of 'Semitic', Arabic, and Greek.
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Manipur's Anal Tribe
There is a tribe named Anal in Manipur who speak the Anal language.
Teapoy
A tea-poy has very little to do with tea. It was originally the name for an Indian three-footed, i.e., a tī-pāī table which could be used for many things including serving tea.
Panchen = Great Pandit
The Panchen in Panchen Lama is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit pandit and the Tibetan chenpo (meaning great).
South African Ramaswamy
"Ramasamy" was a pejorative used by the whites against Indians in South Africa in the late 1800s. "Rammysammy" was also a variant.
The key to chave, chavi, chabi, and savi
The word for key in many Indian languages is a variant of chavi (चाबी in Hindi, চাবি in Bengali, चावी in Marathi, சாவி in Tamil, etc.) which comes from the Portuguese word for key, chave.
Uttarakhand and Sanskrit
The state of Uttarakhand has two official languages, Hindi and Sanskrit. It also has a Sanskrit Education Minister.
The refuge of the world
Jahanpanah, a title used to address Mughal emperors, is Persian for Refuge of the World. It was earlier the name of a city in the Delhi Sultanate, established by Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
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