ఫిరంగి
See also: ఫిరంగీ
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- ఫిరంగీ (phiraṅgī)
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī, firingī), probably through Hindi फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī)/Urdu فرنگی (firangī); ultimately from Old French franc. Compare English firangi. The sense 'cannon' arises from it being a European import.
Noun edit
ఫిరంగి • (phiraṅgi) ? (plural ఫిరంగులు)
- a European
- a cannon
- తుపాకీ కడుపున ఫిరంగీ పుట్టినట్టు.
- tupākī kaḍupuna phiraṅgī puṭṭinaṭṭu.
- Like a cannon being born in the belly of musket.
References edit
- "ఫిరంగి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 856