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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez), from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Dari reading?
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angrēz
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Noun
انگریز • (angrēz) (Dari, typically colloquial)
- Englishman, Englishwoman; English
- British
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “انگریز”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40
- “انگریز”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
Urdu
Etymology
Proto-West Germanic *-isk Urdu اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
Borrowed from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.
Pronunciation
Noun
اَن٘گْریز • (aṅgrez) m or f (Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)
- Englishman; a Brit
- (chiefly historical) the British
- (colloquial) white person
- Synonym: فِرَن٘گی (firaṅgī)
Declension
Masculine:
Declension of انگریز
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singular
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plural
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direct
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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oblique
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
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vocative
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)
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Feminine:
Declension of انگریز
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singular
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plural
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direct
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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اَن٘گْریزیں (aṅgrezẽ)
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oblique
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
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vocative
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اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
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اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)
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Derived terms
Adjective
اَن٘گْریز • (aṅgrez) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)
- English; of or relating to English people
- British
Further reading
- “انگریز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “انگریز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انگريز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “انگريز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “انگريز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.