फिरङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ফিৰঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬨᬶᬭᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• ফিরঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰣𑰰𑰨𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ဖိရင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• ફિરઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਫਿਰਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌫𑌿𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦦꦶꦫꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂤𑂱𑂩𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಫಿರಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• ផិរង្គ (Khmer script)
• ຜິຣງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• ഫിരങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᡦᡳᡵᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘣𑘱𑘨𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠹᠢᠷᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧃𑧒𑧈𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐦𑐶𑐬𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଫିରଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢧꢶꢬꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖣𑖰𑖨𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• ඵිරඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩱𑩑𑩼𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚟𑚮𑚤𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• பி²ரங்க³ (Tamil script)
• ఫిరఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• ผิรงฺค (Thai script)
• ཕི་ར་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒤𑒱𑒩𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨟𑨁𑨫𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Via Hindi फ़िरंग (firaṅg), from Classical Persian فرنگ (farang, firing), ultimately from French Franc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈɾɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Proper noun

फिरङ्ग • (phiraṅga) stem, m

1. (New Sanskrit) “the country of the Franks”, Europe

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फिरङ्ग (phiraṅga)
	Singular
Nominative	फिरङ्गः phiraṅgaḥ
Vocative	फिरङ्ग phiraṅga
Accusative	फिरङ्गम् phiraṅgam
Instrumental	फिरङ्गेण phiraṅgeṇa
Dative	फिरङ्गाय phiraṅgāya
Ablative	फिरङ्गात् phiraṅgāt
Genitive	फिरङ्गस्य phiraṅgasya
Locative	फिरङ्गे phiraṅge

Derived terms

• फिरङ्गरोटी (phiraṅgaroṭī)
• फिरङ्गव्याधि (phiraṅgavyādhi)
• फिरङ्गामय (phiraṅgāmaya)
• फिरङ्गिन् (phiraṅgin)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “फिरङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 718.