Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez) / اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez), from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Dari reading? angrēz

Noun

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انگریز (angrēz) (Dari, typically colloquial)

  1. Englishman, Englishwoman; English
  2. British

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “انگریز”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40
  • انگریز”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023

Urdu

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Etymology

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Corrupted from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrezm or f (Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

  1. Englishman; a Brit
  2. (chiefly historical) the British
  3. (colloquial) white person
    Synonym: فِرَن٘گی (firaṅgī)

Declension

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Masculine:

Declension of انگریز
singular plural
direct اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
oblique اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezō̃)
vocative اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezō)

Feminine:

Declension of انگریز
singular plural
direct اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزیں (aṅgrezẽ)
oblique اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
vocative اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)

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Adjective

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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

  1. English; of or relating to English people
  2. British

Further reading

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  • انگریز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • انگریز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انگريز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “انگريز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “انگريز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.