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While writing some of the articles published in Scribd, I started realizing that
many Sanskrit and English words are connected. In India, it is easy to observe
how the words gradually change as one moves from one place to another.
There is a strange regular pattern in the change and variation of
pronunciation.
I am not a linguistic. There are good references and scholarly work on the
subject like the one in this web site <http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/IE_Main4_Sanskrit.html
>
I have written below some of my ideas of the similar words in both the
languages.
There are many more. Which I will add later and re-publish the table below.
The Sanskrit words are written as per ITRANS
(please refer <http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/>).
No. Word in Corresponding word in Meaning or Additional remarks
English Sanskrit explanation of
the Sanskrit word

1 able bala power, strength


2 Algebra alijihvaa The uvula or soft A speech sound made with the
palate. Inner middle part of the tongue (dorsum)
tongue, the seat touching the soft palate is known as
of roots or root a velar consonant.
words.In Sanskrit, It is possible for the soft palate to
Algebra is called retract and elevate during speech
'bIja gaNit'. 'bIja' to separate the oral cavity (mouth)
means root or from the nasal cavity in order to
seed, 'gaNita' produce the oral speech sounds. If
means the art of this separation is incomplete, air
calculation. escapes through the nose, causing
speech to be perceived as
nasal.(Quoted from Wkipedia)

3 animation an, praaNa life force


4 arc aarka, arka belonging to sun, may be from motions of heavenly
sun body
5 Arithmatic arthamiti artha=meaning.m artha' also means realization,
iti-measure something that is realized or
measurable.
6 a(ssimilation) (atma)sammita assimilated in assimilate means to take some
the self, thing in and merge it with the soul
resembling the (also see 'simulation' bleow)
soul
7 attraction akarShaNa attraction
8 augment (i) agra, (ii) agram (i) front, (ii)
ahead of
9 aviation aBra sky, atmosphere

10 axis akSha axis


11 behaviour vyavahaara behaviour
12 bell belaa time, hour bell is used to declare time or hours

13 boy baala boy


14 boar varaaha boar
15 Brow vru brow
16 bygone vigata bygone, departed

17 calibrate,calibe kalaa part of whole,


r each phase of
moon
18 case kosha sheath,
drawer,box
19 clay kleda wetness,
dampness
20 create kRi to do, execute,
construct
21 course krosha a measure of
distance
22 cover,veil (i)avaraNa,(ii) varaNa (i)cover, (ii) to
accept,embrace
23 cut, short (i)khaTa, (ii)kharva (i)an axe, a
weapon to cut
short;(ii)short,
dwarfish,
mutilated
24 cut (i)karta,(ii)kartana (i)
hole,separation
(ii) the act of
cutting off
25 Calculate, kala, kalana Time, action of Cal---kala---enumeration,
Calculus time reckoning, counting of moments,
hours, days, months.....

26 Call kala Time Call of time, event


27 character charitra chara=movement The way one lives or moves in the
, life is the character.
going;charitra=ch
aracter;
charitra=moveme
nt in three
dimensions or in
three
fundamental
planes
28 charm charu charming
29 chronology=chr krama sequence
ono + logy
30 cone koNa angle
31 cruel krUra cruel
32 cry krandana crying
33 culture kUlaachara the proper duty
or way of living of
a sect or a caste

34 day,dawn (i)udaya, (i)din (i) rise, rise of the


sun, (ii) day
35 detonate dyut, (ii ) dyotana (i) to break, to
tear open,
(ii)shining
36 daughter duhitRi daughter
37 door dvaar door
38 eat (i) atti, (ii) ad (i) eater, (ii) to first person sigular form of 'ad' is
eat also 'atti'
39 east,exist asti existent, present east is existing; west is what was
existing and now set down.
40 earth artha meaning of word, earth=what is realized, has become
realization of real; realization of God's word
word

41 end anta end


42 eye akShi eye
43 flood pluta flood, submerged

44
45 folk loka people, folk
46 flow plava swimming,
floating, flood
47 flower phulla flowery,
abounding in
flower, blown
48 go gam, go
49 generate janana generating, act of
generating
50 gravity (i)garBa, (ii)gRiha, (iii) (i)embryo, gravity=the field that holds
graha interior chamber,
(ii)house,
(iii)planet

51 Geometry jyaa + miti jyaa=earth,


chord.
miti=measure
52 horse haya horse
53 home harmya house
54 Hour hara taking away, Hours, time, takes away...
destroying
55 If iva if
56 ignite agni fire
57 inter antara inter
58 Jehova Jihvaa Tongue, the The main apsect of goddess of word
organ by which or creation is the 'tongue'.The
words are seven tongues of the creator have
articulated and been cited in the Vedic text
also organ of 'Upanishad'.
taste.
59 lap lepana the act of
smearing,
anointing
60 lean lIn to disappear,
vanish
61 less lesha little bit,a small
part
62 light laghu less in weight
63 line (i) lekha,(ii)likhon (i) line, (i) writing

64 look aloka looking, seeing,


light
65 loss,loose, lost (i)lopa, (ii)lupta (i) to get lost, (ii)
lost
66 matter matraa, (ii) matRi (i)measure, From the measure of the Mother
degree, (ii) every thing is created or matter is
mother, made; we get our definitions,
measurer shapes and characters or measures
in the mother and thus we are
born.
67 mad mada intoxication,
rapture
68 man manaba, manu (i) man, (i) the mana=mind, manu= who knows
being from whom himself as made of mind, manaba=
the mankind is who is like 'manu' or acquiring the
created character of 'manu, who is evolving
to 'manu'.

69 medium maadhyama medium


70 moon, lunar mona mind In the Vedic texts, the external seat
of divine mind in any planetary
system is the 'moon' considering
the 'reflective' aspect of light or
reflections by mind ; sun is the
external seat of divine mind
corresponding to self illumination
or refractive aspect of mind.

71 middle madhyama middle


72 mild mRidu mild
73 mixed mishra mixed
74 mortal martya mortal
75 mouth mukha mouth
76 mute mUka mute
77 name nama name
78 navel navi
79 neuter (i)Itara, (ii) na + Itara (i)different, (ii) no
difference
80 new nava new
81 norm niyama rule
82 nose naasaa nose
83 orbit aavarta turning, whirl The word 'vaartaa' means message(
or rather the current message),
sense of existence etc.The word
'vaartamana' means present or
present tense. The word 'present'
means something existing and also
some thing that can be 'presented'
The word 'aavartana' means
rotation, the rotation around the
axis or around the sun( which
creates stability).

84 path patha path


85 pathos' vyathaa pain, anguish,
feelings
86 perimeter, parimiti perimeter pari=round, about; miti-= measure
parameter
87 pressure peShaNa pounding,
grinding
88 pizza, pattis piShTaka cake, pastry
89 post,past pashchaat behind, later
90 pod pada foot
91 pour pUra filling, act of
filling
92 pre pra before
93 priest=pri + purohita=puro(in priest
est= who is in front)+ hita(placed)
the front or
leading
94 pure pUta pure
95 quote kath to speak, tell
96 ray (i)rI, raya (i) fire, heat,
brightness,
(ii)current, speed

97 regime rajya regime,


kingdom
98 root (i)ut, (ii)uttara (i)the upper
plane, where one
finds one's root
or divnity;(ii)
answer

99 rough rukSha harsh, rough


100 so sa granting
101 same sama same, equal
102 seam sImaa boundary,
landmark
103 serpent, snake sRip, sarpa to crawl, snake

104 shun shunya empty, void Note the words 'avoid', 'void'.
105 simulation, sammita same, resembling
simulate
106 sinew snaayu sinew, nerve
107 skill kushala skilful, able
108 slow shlatha relaxed, slow
109 Soup sUpa soup
110 sphere sphIta swollen
111 station sthaana place
112 Summon shamana destruction,
death, call of
death, call of
Time
113 soaked sikta moist, soaked
114 thirsty tRiShita thirsty
115 traction karshaNa pulling, dragging

116 Trigonometry tri+koNa+miti tri=three;


koNa=angle;miti=
measure.
117 touch tvach skin
118 tree taru tree
119 usher uShaa the godess of
dawn who ushers
the Sun.
120 up upari upwards, above

121 utter uttara to answer


122 vast virata vast
123 very Buri many,
abundant,much
124 void voy fear (root of all
fear is loosing the
existence or
going into void)
125 west asta setting of the sun
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