Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·hindi ·1700s
Cheetah
from चीता (cītā)
- Meaning
- Variegated body — derived from Sanskrit *citraka* (spotted).
- Source word
- चीता (cītā)
- Route into English
- Sanskrit → Hindi → English via 18th-c. natural history.
- Arrived
- 1700s
English borrows.
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