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Ptarmigan
→ Scottish Gaelic origin; spelling altered with silent “p”.
Crayon
→ French origin; from “craie” ← Latin “creta”.
Bungalow
→ Hindi origin; from “bangla” meaning Bengali-style house.
Juggernaut
→ Sanskrit origin; from “Jagannātha”, “Lord of the World”.
Hooch .
→ Tlingit (Alaska Native) origin; from “hútch”
Gimmick
→ Possibly Romani origin; unclear etymology.
Kowtow
→ Chinese origin; Mandarin “kòutóu” meaning deep bow.
Baloney
→ Italian origin; from Bologna (sausage).
Galore
→ Irish Gaelic; “go leor” meaning plenty.
Marmalade
→ Portuguese origin; “marmelada” (quince jam).
Zombie
→ West African origin; Kikongo “nzambi” → Haitian Creole.
Beef
→ French origin; Norman borrowing replacing Old English term.
Стакан
→ Dutch origin; from seafaring word “stakan”.
Лимонад
→ French origin; “limonade” ← Italian ← Arabic “laymūn”.
Куртка
→ German origin; from “kurze Jacke” (short jacket).
Тумба
→ Italian origin; “tomba”, originally stone block.
Кашне
→ French origin; “cache-nez” (hide the nose).
Парик
→ French origin; “perruque”.
Сокол
→ Possibly Turkic origin; early steppe influence.
Башмак
→ Persian origin; “pašmak” meaning slippers.
Карман
→ German origin; related to “Kammer” (chamber).
Кружка
→ Old Norse origin; “krús” → OHG “krūga”.
Arava
→ Persian origin; “arābah”, via Chagatai.
Qo‘ng‘iroq
→ Mongolic origin or Turkic-Mongol hybrid.
Sovun
→ Arabic origin; “ṣābūn” → Persian “sābun”.
G‘olib
→ Arabic origin; “gālib” meaning victorious.
Kirmizi
→ Persian origin; “qirmiz” ← dye insect “kermes”.
Tomorqa
→ Persian origin; “tamarqa”.
G‘oz
→ Proto-Turkic origin; ancient Turkic word for goose.
Qand
→ Sanskrit origin; “khanda” → Persian → Uzbek.