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goni
Sanskrit · ancient
"a sack"
named a sack, likely itself borrowed from a Dravidian word
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goni
Hindi · medieval
"coarse sack or sacking cloth"
remained the everyday word for a coarse sack
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gunny
English · 1711
"coarse sacking made of jute or hemp"
Anglo-Indian traders adopted the word for coarse jute sacking
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