Caftan
Etymology: Russian kaftan, from Turkish, from Persian qaftan. an ankle-length coatlike garment, usually of cotton or silk, often striped, with very long sleeves and a sash fastening, common throughout the Levant.[84]
Calabash
possibly from Persian kharabuz, Kharbuzeh (خربزه) melon.[85]
Calean
Etymology: Persian qalyaan. a Persian water pipe.[86]
Calender
Etymology: Persian qalandar, from Arabic, from Persian kalandar uncouth man. one of a Sufic order of wandering mendicant dervishes.[87]
Camaca
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French camocas or Medieval Latin camoca, from Arabic & Persian kamkha, kimkha. a medieval fabric prob. of silk and camel's hair used for draperies and garments.[88]
Candy
from Arabic qandi "candied," derived from Persian qand, meaning "sugar." [89]
Carafe
from Arabic gharafa (قرافه), "to pour"; or from Persian qarabah, (قرابه) "a large flagon"[90]
Caravan
Etymology: Italian caravana, carovana, from Persian kārawān. a company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants on a long journey through desert or hostile regions : a train of pack animals.[91]
Caravansary
Etymology: modification of Persian kārwānsarā, from kārwān caravan + sarā palace, large house, inn; an inn in eastern countries where caravans rest at night that is commonly a large bare building surrounding a court.[92]
Carcass
Etymology: Etymology: Middle French carcasse, alteration of Old French carcois, perhaps from carquois, carquais quiver, alteration of tarquais, from Medieval Latin tarcasius, from Arabic tarkash, from Persian tirkash, from tir arrow (from Old Persian tigra pointed) + -kash bearing (from kashdan to pull, draw, from Avestan karsh-);[93]
Carcoon
Etymology: Marathi kaarkun, from Persian kaarkon manager, from kaar work, business + -kon doer. India : CLERK.[94]
Cash
Etymology: from Sanskrit karsa, a weight of gold or silver but akin to Old Persian karsha-, a weight. a unit of value equivalent to one cash coin.[95]
Cassock
Etymology: Middle French casaque, from Persian kazhaghand padded jacket, from kazh, kaj raw silk + aaghand stuffed. a long loose coat or gown formerly worn by men and women.[96][97]
Caviar
from Fr. caviar, from It. or Turk., from Pers. khaviyar (خاویار), from khaya "egg"+ dar "bearing, holder".[98][99]
Ceterach
Medieval Latin ceterah, from Arabic shtaraj, from Persian shitarakh. A small genus of mainly Old World ferns (family Polypodiaceae) typified by the scale fern[100]
Chador
Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar. a large cloth used as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by women among Muslim and Hindu peoples especially in India and Iran.[101]
Chakar
Hindi chakor, from Persian chaker. India : a person in domestic service : SERVANT; also : a clerical worker.[102]
Chakari
From Chakar. India : domestic or more commonly clerical service.[103]
Chakdar
From Panjabi chakdar, from chak tenure (from Sanskrit cakra) + Persian -dar having. a native land tenant of India intermediate in position between the proprietor and cultivator.[104]
Chalaza
Old Slavic zledica frozen rain, Persian zhaala hail. Either of a pair of spiral bands of thickened albuminous substance in the white of a bird's egg that extend out from opposite sides of the yolk to the ends of the egg and are there attached to the lining membrane.[105]
Chappow
Persian Chapu pillage or Chapaul raid. Word is Mongolian in Origin. Pillage/Raid.[106]
Charka
Hindi carkha, from Persian charkha, charkh wheel, from Middle Persian chark; akin to Avestan chaxra- wheel, Sanskrit cakra. Wheel. a domestic spinning wheel used in India chiefly for cotton.[107]
Charpoy
From Persian Char-pai. Literally meaning four-footed. a bed consisting of a frame strung with tapes or light rope used especially in India.[108]
Chawbuck
Hindi cabuk, from Persian chabuk archaic, chiefly India : a large whip.[109]
Check(and Cheque)
check (cheque)(n.) from O.Fr. eschequier "a check at chess," from eschec, from V.L. *scaccus, from shah "king," the principal piece in a chess game (see shah). 1st Sassanid Empire. When the king is in check a player's choices are limited. Meaning widened from chess to general sense of "adverse event, sudden stoppage" and by c.1700 to (from Persian 'chek' (چك)"a token used to check against loss or theft" (surviving in hat check) and "a check against forgery or alteration," which gave the modern financial use of "bank check, money draft" (first recorded 1798), probably influenced by exchequeur. Check-up "careful examination" is 1921, American English, on notion of a checklist of things to be examined.[110][111]
Checkmate
from Middle French eschec mat, from Persian shâh mât (="the King cannot escape")[112][113]
Chess
from Russian Shach, from Persian shah ("the King"), an abbreviation of Shâh-mât (Checkmate).[114]
Cheyney
Etymology: probably from Persian chini literally meaning Chinese. a woolen fabric in use during the 17th and 18th centuries.[115]
Chick
Hindi ciq, from Persian chiq. a screen used in India and southeast Asia especially for a doorway and constructed of bamboo slips loosely bound by vertical strings and often painted.[116]
Chillum
Etymology: Hindi cilam, from Persian chilam.[117]
Chilamchi
Etymology: Hindi cilamci, from Persian chilamchi. India : a metal wash basin.[118]
China
Modification (influenced by China, the country) of Persian chn(Chinese) porcelain.[119]
Chinar
Hindi chinar, from Persian chanar. A type of Oriental Tree.[120]
Chobdar
Hindi cobdar. From Persian chubar. from chub, chub staff, wood (from Middle Persian chup wood) + -dar having.[121]
Cinnabar
probably from Persian zanjifrah[122]
Coomb
Middle English combe, from Old English cumb, a liquid measure; akin to Middle Low German kump bowl, vessel, Middle High German kumpf bowl, Persian gumbed(Gonbad). an English unit of capacity equal to 4 imperial bushels or 4.13 United States bushels.[123]
Culgee; Etymology
Hindi kalg, from Persian kalgi jeweled plume. a jeweled plume worn in India on the turban.[124]
Cummerbund
from Hindi kamarband (كمربند), from Persian, from kamar (="waist") + band (="band")[125]
Cushy
modification of Hindi khush pleasant, from Persian khush.[126]
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Daeva
daeva, deva from Avestan daevo; dev from Persian deev. Zoroastrianism : a maleficent supernatural being : an evil spirit.[127]
dafadar
From Persian Daf'adaar. from Arabic daf'ah time, turn + Persian -dar holder.[128]
Daftar
Hindi, record, office, from Persian Daftar, from Arabic daftar, diftar, from Greek diphthera prepared hide, parchment, leather.[129]
Daftardar
Etymology: Hindi daftardar, from Persian, finance officer, from daftar + -dar holder.[130]
Dakhma
Etymology: Persian, from Middle Persian dakhmak, from Avestan daxma- funeral place.[131]
Daroga
Etymology: Hindi daroga, from Persian daaroga. India : a chief officer; especially : the head of a police, customs, or excise station.[132]
Darvesh
Persian darvish.[133]
Darzi
Hindi darzi, from Persian Darzi. A tailor or an urban caste of tailors in Hindu society in India.[134]
Das
Sanskrit daasa demon, enemy, infidel, slave; probably akin to Persian daah servant, Avestan dahyn-, dainhu-, danghu- land, Old Persian dahyn- land, province, Sanskrit dasyu demon, barbarian. a Hindu slave or servant.[135]
Dastur
Hindi dastur custom, from Persian Dastur. customary fee.[136]
Dastur
From Persian Dastur. a Parsi high priest.[137]
Dasturi
Hindi Dasturi from Persian Dastur. Gratuity.[138]
Defterdar
Turkish, from Persian daftardar finance officer. a Turkish government officer of finance; specifically : the accountant general of a province.[139]
Dehwar
Persian dehwar=Dih(land)+war (having possession of). : a member of the Dehwar racial type usually having the status of a laborer or slave.[140]
* del , delta heart, in Persian language
Dervish
from Persian Darvish Middle Persian Darweesh. a member of any Muslim religious fraternity of monks or mendicants noted for its forms of devotional exercises[141][142]
Dewan
Etymology: Hindi diwan, from Persian, account book.[143]
Demitasse
from Fr., lit. "half-cup," from demi- + tasse, an O.Fr. borrowing from Arabic tassah, from Pers. tasht "cup, saucer".
Div
See the Entry Daeva above.[144]
Divan
from Persian dēvān (="place of assembly", "roster"), from Old Persian dipi (="writing, document") + vahanam (="house")[145][146]
Doab
Etymology: Persian doab, from do two (from Middle Persian) + -ab water. a tract of land between two rivers : INTERFLUVE.[147]
Dogana
Etymology: from Persian, account book. an Italian customhouse.[148]
Douane
Etymology: from Persian Divan. CUSTOMHOUSE.[149]
Dubber
Etymology: from Persian Dabba. a large globular leather bottle used in India to hold ghee, oil, or other liquid.[150]
Duftery
Etymology: from Dafter (Record)+i. A servant in an office whose duty is to dust and bind records, rule paper, make envelopes. An office boy.[151]
Dumba
Etymology: Persian, from dumb tail. a fat-tailed sheep of Bokhara and the Kirghiz steppe that furnishes astrakhan.[152]
Durbar
Etymology: Persian, from dar door + baar door, admission, audience. admission, audience of the King.[153]
Durwan
Etymology: Persian darwan, from dar door (from Middle Persian, from Old Persian duvar-) + Persian -wan keeping, guarding.[154]
Dustuck
Etymology: Hindi dastak, from Persian Dastak (handle, related to hand).