Telugu

Alternative forms

ఫిరంగీ ‎(phiraṃgī)

Noun

ఫిరంగి • ‎(phiraṃgi)

1. A European.
2. A cannon (being imported by the Europeans).

   తుపాకీ కడుపున ఫిరంగీ పుట్టినట్టు.‎

   tupākī kaḍupuna phiraṃgī 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