List of Spanish words of Indo-Aryan origin

List of Spanish words of Indo-Aryan origin

This is a list of Spanish words that come from Indo-Aryan languages. It is further divided into words that come from Gujarati and Sanskrit). Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.

Sanskrit

*ajedrez
*barandilla
*bonzo= Buddhist monk: from Portuguese "bonzo", from Japanese "bonsō", from Chinese "fanseng" "Buddhist monk," from "fan" (earlier also pronounced "bón") "a Buddhist," from Sanskrit "brāhmanas" "Brahmin," from brahmán- "priest, prayer" + Chinese "seng" "monk."
*Buda
*carambola
*casimir
*hindú
*índigo
*indo
*jenjibre, jengibre
*mandarín
*mandarina
*moscatel
*naranja
*naranjo
*ópalo
*palanquín
*ponche
*quermes
*rupia
*sándalo
*sánscrito


=Gujarati=

*tanque
*tu
*bale

ee also

*Linguistic history of Spanish
*List of English words of Spanish origin

References

*"Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva (ISBN 968-16-2812-8)


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