Feringhee

noun

Fe·​rin·​ghee

variants or Feringhi or Feringi

fəˈriŋgē

plural -s

1

India : european

2

India, usually disparaging : a Eurasian especially of Portuguese-Indian descent

Word History

Etymology

Persian Firingī, Farangī, from Arabic Farenji, Ifranji, modification of Middle French Franc Frank

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