numdah

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromनमत“something woolen”
2. Persian · derived from[script needed]“carpet”
3. Urdu · derived fromنمدا
4. English todaynumdah

From Urdu نمدا (namdā), from Persian [script needed] (namad, “carpet”), probably related to Sanskrit नमत (namata, “something woolen”), नवत (navata, “woolen cloth”).