The ninth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, released here today, has included over 240 words from Indian English.
Many of these new words are commonly used in Indian kitchens such as 'keema' (finely chopped meat), 'papad' (thin wafer) and cooking ingredients like 'curry leaf'.
"English is a global language and carries influences from all over the world. Indian food is popular all over the world. We did these inclusions in the dictionary to reflect the global usage of words," Patrick White, Head of ELT Dictionaries and Reference Grammar at Oxford University Press, told PTI during the launch.
These new words were selected based on the frequency of their use and are assessed by experts from all over the world.
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Over the years, around 900-1000 Indian words have found its place in the Oxford dictionary.
"But this time the number of inclusions is huge," he said.
About 20 per cent of the new words are from the world of online and social media activities like troll, catfish, twitterati, tweetable, tweetheart, unfriend, selfie, etc.