اینگلو انڈین الفاظ و مرکبات کی لغات اور ان کے چند دل چسپ اندراجات

Abstract

Abstract: Anglo-Indian words and phrses include terms and expressions that are part of a vocabulary used by the British during their long stay in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Born out of a situation that required the Britons to communicate with the local populace, some of these words and phrases were coined by blending words from the English language and some local languages, such as, Urdu and Hindi. Also, some coinages were the English words used in an altogether different nuances, virtually unknown to the native speakers. Yet another category of Anglo-Indian words shows an Anglicised pronunciation and spelling of local words.

            A number of dictionaries listing Anglo-Indian words and phrases have been compiled. This article introduces and briefly reviews such doctionaries and also analyses a few interesting entries, taken from these dictionaries, along with their etymolgies. In some cases, despite admirable research by the compilers of these dictionaries, the precise origin and etymological roots of words are hitherto unknown, for instance, the origin of words gymkhana, cangee house and buggy is still obscure.