Madana-
In Sanskrit, madana tends to mean intoxicating or passionate and is synonymous with the god of love, Kama. Madanankushaha & madanayudham mean penis and vulva respectively.
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The scent of a musk
The next time you spray yourself with a musk-based fragrance, you might want to remember that the word musk comes from the Sanskrit word, muṣká (मुष्क) meaning testicle.
Primary language of Pakistan
While Urdu is its national language, more people speak Punjabi and its dialects in Pakistan than any other language. In 1998, only 7.57% of the population were Urdu speakers.
The Grave Guru
The Sanskrit word guru (गुरु) and the English word, grave, are both said to descend from the same Proto-Indo-European base, *gru-, meaning heavy or weighty.
Horlicks
To make a complete Horlicks of something is a British euphemism for messing something up.
Stepney
The word stepney is still used to refer to a spare tyre only in our part of the world. Stepneys are named after a street of the same name in Llanelli, Wales where they were manufactured in the early 1900s.
Chai Tea
In the West, Masala Chai is often referred to using the tautological Chai Tea or Chai Tea Latte or simply Chai Latte.
Dal Lake
Dal Lake in Kashmir is a tautology as the word dal in Balti means lake. This would effectively make its name Lake Lake.
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