Oxford ka 'jugaad': Chamcha, dadagiri & gulab jamun make it to the dictionary

Rejoice Indians. Several most commonly-used words in India have been included in the latest update of the Oxford English dictionary. 

The love of food by Indians seems to have gone global. The names of food items that have been included are - bhindi, gosht, gulab jamun, keema, mirch, mirch masala, namkeen and vada. In the September 2017 update, words like sevak, surya namaskar and udyog have also been added to the dictionary.

Oftenly used terms like timepass, funda, achcha, natak and chup also have their meanings in the dictionary now.

Words like ji that Indians use to show respect also finds a mention.

Here is the list of Indian words that have been added to the dictionary:

achcha	abba	anna	bada	bada din
bas	bapu	bhindi	bhavan	chaudhuri
chamcha	chakka jam	chacha	chup	didi
devi	desh	dadagiri	dum	diya
funda	haat	gully	gulab jamun	gosht
jai	kund	keema	jugaad	ji
ji	jhuggi	mirch	mirch masala	mata
nivas	natak	namkeen	nai	nagar
qila	sevak	surya namaskar	tappa	vada

This is not the first time that Indian words have found a place in the wordbook. Over 900 words like aiyo, badmash, bhelpuri have gone global after getting included in the dictionary in the past.