firangi
English
/fiɹʌŋɡiː/
noun
Definitions
- (India) A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi फ़िरंगी (foreigner) borrowed from Urdu فرنگی borrowed from Persian فرنگی (Westerner, European) borrowed from Arabic إفرنجي borrowed from Old French franc (free, sincere, genuine).
Origin
Old French
franc
Gloss
free, sincere, genuine
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frank English
- Franc Latin
- Francus Latin
- Francus, francus Latin
- *frankô Proto-Germanic
- Franc Irish
- إفرنجي Arabic
- إفرنجي, إِفْرَنْج Arabic
- franc Old French
- franchise Old French
- फ़िरंगी Hindi
- فرنگ Persian
- فرنگی Persian
- franc Norman
- franc Middle High German
- ဘရင်ဂျီ Burmese
- franc Middle French
- 佛朗機 Chinese
- ফিরিঙ্গি Bengali
- فرنگی Urdu