Source: SIFY News
NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 25, 2002: As Indian culture has become more popular in the United Kingdom, the influx of Indian vocabulary has become more common. Judy Pearsall, editor of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English, says, “People are reading Indian authors in English more widely than perhaps they have done before.” The article says, “The new tenth revised edition of Comprehensive Oxford English Dictionary, launched in India earlier this week, has massed hundreds of words of Indian origin.” Among the 600 new Indian English entries are words such as Hindutva (philosophy of a Hindu nation and life), panchayat (village council), puri (flat bread), dosa (also a flat bread) and chai (spiced tea). The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary was first published in 1884 and about 80% of the 77,000 entries are from British English. The other 20% come from American English, Australia, India and other former British colonies. It is the most authoritative dictionary of the English language.