Hindustani Loan -Words in Malay, 



By E. 0. WlNSTEDT. 



In a brochure published in 1902 and entitled Hommage au 

 Oongres des Orientalistes de Hanoi de la part du Bataviaasch 

 Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenscltappen there appears an 

 article by Dr. Ph. S. van Konkel on the Hindustani element in 

 the Malay language, which escaped my notice when I compiled my 

 " Malay Grammar " and " English-Malay Dictionary." As the 

 brochure is likely to come into the hands of few English readers. 

 I propose here to extract a list of words, for which Dr. van Eonkel 

 finds a Hindustani derivation. 



Aciiita ' very fine white rice.' Probably the Hind, achchhat 

 ' whole, unmilled rice, used in religious offerings.' Perhaps 

 the Sanskrit alcsyala ' unmilled.' 



Artal, Hartal ' a yellow orpiment.' Hind, hartal (from Sanskrit 



haritdla). 



Akas, Angkas 'the firmament.' Hind. dkds (Sk. akasa). 



ITnta ' camel.' Hind. unt. 



Bai, in Batavia pronounced as Be, a title addressed to Muham- 

 madan Bengalis. Hind, ohai ' brother.' 



Eandahari ' chief treasurer.' Hind, ohandari (Sk. bhdnddgdrika) . 

 Beti i woman of the court.' Hind, betl ' girl.' 

 €hap 'seal.' Hind. chap. 



Churi ' steal. Hind, chori. Churi-churi 'by stealth.' Hind. 

 chori-chori. 



Chuka 'vinegar.' Hind, chuhj not directly from Sk. cukra. 

 €hulim, Ceiilam ' a fill of opium, in an opium-pipe.' Hind. 



chilam ' that part of the body of a hookah which contains the 



tobacco and the flame.' 

 Pelangkixg ' palanquin.' This is a word invented in its present 



form by the Portuguese. There is a Sk. word paryanha, or 



palyanka ' a bed,' from which we have Tamil and Telugu 



palakJcou and Hind, palkhi. 

 Kapas ' cotton.' A debased or ' pracritised ' form of the Sk. ~kar- 



pdsa. Possibly identical with the Hind, kapas. 

 Kanji 'rice broth.' Hind. Miiji (Sk. kdnjilca). 

 Kunchi ' key, lock.' The Deccan form of the word is Tcunchij the 



Hind, fainji; the Sk. kunjikd. 



Jour. Straits Branch. R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



