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Word	Origins
sharwali	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu *sharwaal* means ‘loose trousers’. Georgian (Kartuli ena) *sharwali* ‘trousers’ drives from it. Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR
shaving cream	Georgian (Kartuli ena) *saparsu krem*i
shawl	Russian shaal English shawl
sheikh	Russian sheyk English sheikh
shelf	Indian Tamil palakai ‘plank’ Russian polka ‘shelf’
shellfish	Russian mollyoosk English mollusk
sheriff	-noun Indian Urdu *shareef* means ‘noble’. euskara (Basque) *sherif* derives from it. English *sheriff* also derives from it.
shirt	-noun Indian Urdu *qameez* means ‘long upper garment’. Greek pookamiso ‘shirt’ derives from it. Arabic *blusa* means ‘blouse’ English *blouse* derives from it. Ladino *bluza* ‘shirt’ also derives from it. Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe. Sephardic (pronounced as *Sefar*dic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu *safari* ‘travel’
shock	Georgian (Kartuli ena) *shok*i
shop	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is *dookaan. d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this. Arabic dukkaan* derives from it.
shop	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is *dookaan. d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this. Arabic dukkaan* derives from it.
shop	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is *bazaar. Spanish bazar* derives from it.
shop	Georgian (Kartuli ena) *maghazia* Russian magazeen English magazine
short	-adjective Indian Kannada *chikka* means ‘little’, ‘small’. euskara (Basque) *txiki* (pronounced as *chiki*) ‘short’ derives from it.
should	-verb Indian Hindi/Urdu *shaayad* means ‘perhaps’ English *should* derives from it. d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this.
should	Indian Hindi/Urdu *shaayad* means ‘perhaps’. d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this. English *should* derives from it.
shroud	-noun Indian Tamil *saavu* means ‘death’. Greek *savanon* ‘shroud’ derives from it
shroud	Indian Tamil saavu ‘death’ Russian saavan ‘shroud’
shut up!	-interjection Indian Hindi/Urdu *khaamoash* means ’silence’. Greek skasmos ’shut up!’ derives from it.
shyness	Indian Sanskrit lajjaa euskara (Basque) *lotsa*
sign	-noun Indian Urdu word for it is *nishaan. English sign* (after dropping n sound) derives from it
sign	Georgian (Kartuli ena) *nishan*i
signal	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu *ishaara* means ‘sign’. Arabic *ishaara* ’sign’ derives from it.
signal	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu *ishaara* means ‘sign’. Arabic *ishaara* ’sign’ derives from it.
signal	-noun Russian signaal English signal
signal	-verb Russian signalizeerovat English signal
signal-box	Russian signaalnaya English signal-box
signalman	Russian signaalshchik English signalman
Sikander	-proper noun Indian god Shiva and goddess Parvathi had a younger son named *Skanda, a great general of the army. Afghan and Muslim Sikander*, names of kings and generals, derive from Him.
silage	Russian seelos English silage

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