English

Noun

Firangi ‎(plural Firangi)

1. Alternative spelling of firangi
   • 1996, Keki N. Daruwalla, The Day of the Winter Solstice, in The Minister for Permanent Unrest & other stories, page 126:

     ‘There is no higher feature this side of the river than your house. You could be the first to notice the Firangi army when it nears Kalinadi.’

   • 2007, Feryal Ali Gauhar, No Space for Further Burials, page 99:

     We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.

Quotations

• 1896, James Dunning Baker Gribble, A History of the Deccan, volume 1, page 389:

  The Firangi Buruj or Portuguese Tower, about 1000 yards east of the Fateh Gate, is the most complete of all the bastions, [...]

English

Alternative forms

• Feringhee
• Firangi

Noun

firangi ‎(plural firangis or firangi)

1. (India, Britain, Pakistan) A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
   • 1995, Peter Ward Fay, The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945, page 109:

     Prem, who knew him slightly from Dehra Dun (where Dhillon had been his junior), remembers Dhillon cheerfully telling everyone that the firangi were glad to have Indians patrolling their wire. This Prem doubted.

   • 2001, Basavaraj Naikar, The Sun Behind the Cloud, page 239:

     Then Kashibayi cleared her throat and told him, "Maharaj, our Babasaheb Sarkar was a very patriotic king who fought against the firangi fellows. He was betrayed by his own people who were shamelessly treacherous."

   • 2004, Christina Lamb, The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan, page 252:

     The neighbouring men had all come to see the firangi, the foreign woman, [...]

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:firangi.

See also

• farang
• gora
• Angrez

Anagrams

• fairing