my broadly worded question, maahey, was looking for english words that might also share a root with the sanskrit word for cloth(i.e., sari)-- i think sarong (which is really a loan word!) might be the only one.
but thread have lives of their own, and i love the turns this one is taking..
my theme will be based on clothing-- five different clothing words.. but don't worry, in your list of words, all from the indian sub-continent, you didn't include any that i have in mind! and you forgot pajama's (how ever you might spell them)- but that just means plenty of fodder for today.
some of your words were cloth words.. and the near east, (damask, seersucker)india, and china (satin, silk, and shantung-that last one still sound chinese!) give english lots of these words. hopsacking is one of the few words i can think of for cloth that is 'english'!
victor, i think maybe the russian word you added, might be a close cognate of tomorrow's words.. shall we wait and see?
