ಪಿರಂಗಿ

Kannada

Alternative forms

• ಫಿರಂಗಿ (phiraṅgi), ಫಿರಿಂಗಿ (phiriṅgi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu فَرَنگِی (farangī), from Classical Persian فَرَنگِی (farangī). Compare English firangi. The sense 'cannon' arises from it being a European import.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piɾɐŋɡi/

Noun

ಪಿರಂಗಿ • (piraṅgi)

1. canon

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಪಿರಂಗಿ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971