Dravidian Loanwords in English

The Dravidian languages form a language family spoken mostly in southern India. By number of speakers, the largest are Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

The Dravidian form of the word given in this quiz is usually from a modern language and may be different from the form that ultimately gave us the English word. The year when the word is first attested in English is also given.

I tried to make a fairly comprehensive list, let me know if any words are missing. I did not include lesser known terms, especially if not used outside an Indian context, such as 'idli'.

Some of these words reached English more or less directly via maritime trade (sometimes through Portuguese and/or Malay). Others took a land route, usually by way of Sanskrit -> Persian -> Aramaic -> Greek -> Latin -> English. Or, in a later era: Hindi -> Persian -> Arabic -> French -> English.