Did you know that "Orange" and "Lemon" have roots are in Persian Language? Here are 20 popular English words with origins in Persian.
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Here are these words:
1- Bazaar from Persian بازار bāzār (="market")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar
2-Bronze Perhaps ultimately from Pers. برنج birinj "copper.".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze
3- The word "China" is derived from the Persian word Cin (چین)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
4- The English word "jackal" is derives from Turkish çakal, via Persian شغال shaghāl.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackal
5- Jasmine is derived from the Persian Yasameen ("gift from God") through Arabic and Latin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine
6- Khaki is originally derived from the Persian: خاکی
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki
7- Despite some claims that the word kiosk originally came from the Swahili language, all evidence points to the Middle Persian word kōšk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk
8- The word lemon draws from the Old French limon, thence the Italian limone, from the Arabic laymūn or līmūn ليمون, and from the Persian līmūn لیمو, a generic term for citrus fruit, which is a cognate of Sanskrit निम्ब (nimbū, "lime").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon
9- Mummy
The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin mumia, a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word mūmiya (مومياء) and from a Persian word mūm (wax),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy
10- Orange
The word ultimately derives from possibly Telugu నారింజ nāriṃja or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ nāraŋŋa or Tamil நாரம் nāram—via Sanskrit नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree", with borrowings through Persian نارنگ nārang and Arabic نارنج nāranj.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_%...
11- Pajamas
The word pyjama or pajama, which originally derives from the Persian word پايجامه (pāyjāmeh, from pāy 'leg' and jāmeh 'garment'), was incorporated into the English language through the Hindustani language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pajama
12- Pistachio
from Latin pistācium, from Greek πιστάκιον, from Persian پسته pistah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio
13- Paradise
The word "paradise" entered English from the French paradis, inherited from the Latin paradisus, from Greek parádeisos (παράδεισος), and ultimately from an Old Iranian root, attested in Avestan as pairi.daêza-. The literal meaning of this Eastern Old Iranian language word is "walled (enclosure)",from pairi- "around" + -diz "to create (a wall)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise
14- Serendipity
The name stems from Serendip, an old name for Sri Lanka (aka Ceylon), from Tamil Ceralamdivu, Sanskrit Simhaladvipa and Persian Sarandīp (سرندیپ).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity
15- Shawl
Etymology: from Persian شال shāl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawl
16- Spinach
The traditional view derives it from O.Prov. espinarc, which perhaps is via Catalan espinac, from Andalusian Arabic asbinakh (اسبيناخ), from Arabic es-sabaanikh (السبانخ), from Persian اسپاناخ aspanakh, meaning roughly "green hand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach
17- Sugar
The English word "sugar" originates from the Arabic word سكر sukkar, which came from the Persian شکر shekar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar
18- Tiger
Tiger, come from the Middle English tigre and the Old English tigras. These derive from the Old French tigre, itself a derivative of the Latin word tigris and the Greek word tigris. The original source may have been the Persian tigra meaning pointed or sharp, perhaps referring to the speed with which a tiger launches itself at its prey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger
19- Tulip
The word tulip,is derived by way of Modern Latin tulīpa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend ("muslin" or "gauze"), and may be ultimately derived from the Persian: دلبند delband ("Turban"),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip
20- Checkmate
The term checkmate is, an alteration of the Persian phrase "shāh māt" (شاه مات) which means, literally, "the King is helpless". Others maintain that it means "the King is dead".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate
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