ferash

English

Alternative forms

• farash, farrash, ferrash, frash

Etymology

From Arabic فِرَاش (firāš, “to spread a carpet”).

Noun

ferash (plural ferashes)

1. (obsolete, Anglo-Indian) A menial domestic servant responsible for spreading carpets, pitching tents, etc.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “FARÁSH, FERÁSH, FRASH”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 349.

Anagrams

• Shafer, afresh, freash