ఫిరంగి

See also: ఫిరంగీ

Telugu

Alternative forms

• ఫిరంగీ (phiraṅgī)

Etymology

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

ఫిరంగి • (phiraṅgi) ? (plural ఫిరంగులు)

1. a European
2. a cannon

   తుపాకీ కడుపున ఫిరంగీ పుట్టినట్టు.

   tupākī kaḍupuna phiraṅgī puṭṭinaṭṭu.

   Like a cannon being born in the belly of musket.

References

• "ఫిరంగి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 856