Do you know from which language was Jungle introduced into English? It was from two Indian languages, one of which happens to be our national language now, Hindi and the other mother of all Indian languages Sanskrit.
In Hindi jangal means forest and in Sanskrit jangala means desert region.
Most of the names are borrowed from the native regions where the animals were found in huge numbers.
Tiger was intoduced into English from Iran. However most of the animal names are also borrowed from Latin and Greek.
Tiger , lion . Jagur , elephant , etc. Those animals do not live in Europe or U.S .Then where names come from?
Many of their names come from a native word that english speakers borrowed. Go to:
www.m-w.com and enter each animal name and it will show you the etymology of the word
eg. Jaguar comes from guarani language
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