I see a quote here from David Lloyd George when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer—that is he was in charge of the budget of England. It’s a job he got exactly 100 years ago and the quote shows that not too much has changed as far as government financing is concerned. He said “...
Origin and history of Indian Indian(adj., n.) 翻译成: 简体中文 (Chinese) "inhabit of India or South Asia; pertaining to India," c. 1300 (noun and adjective), from Late Latin indianus, from India (see India). Applied to the aboriginal native inhabitants of the Americas from at least...
"British rule in India," 1859, from Hindi raj "rule, dominion, kingdom" (from PIE root… See origin and meaning of raj.
Origin and history ofHinduism Hinduism(n.) 翻译成: 简体中文 (Chinese) blanket term for "polytheism of India," 1786, fromHindu+-ism. also from 1786 Entries linking toHinduism Hindu(n.) 1660s, from PersianHindu(adjective and noun) "Indian," fromHind"India," from Sanskritsindhu"river," mea...
also mina, name given to various passerine birds of India and the East, 1769, from Hindi maina "a starling," from Sanskrit madana- "delightful, joyful," related to madati "it gladdens," literally "it bubbles," perhaps from PIE root *mad- "moist, wet" (see mast (n.2)). The "tal...
"self-cremation of a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre," 1786, from Hindi, from… See origin and meaning of suttee.
measure of distance in India (about 2 miles), from Hindi kos, from Sanskrit krosah, literally "a call, a shout;" thus, "distance within which a man's shout can be heard."AdvertisementTrends of kos adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/ with a 7-year moving average; ngrams are probab...
1776, "dense growth of trees and other tangled vegetation," such as that of some regions in India, from Hindi jangal...Extended by 1849 to other places overgrown by vegetation in a wild, tangled mass... locust "grasshopper, large orthopterous insect noted for mass migrations accompanied by ...
also raja, "king or prince in India," ruling either independently or as a feudatory, 1550s, from Hindi, from Sanskrit rajan...Related: Rajput, "member of the ruling caste in northern India" (1590s), from Sanskrit rajaputrah "prince," literally "king's... ...