انگریز

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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
Dari reading? angrēz

Noun

انگریز (angrēz) (Dari, typically colloquial)

  1. Englishman, Englishwoman; English
  2. 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

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Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrezm or f (Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

    1. Englishman; a Brit
    2. (chiefly historical) the British
    3. (colloquial) white person
      Synonym: فِرَن٘گی (firaṅgī)

    Declension

    Masculine:

        Declension of انگریز
    singular plural
    direct اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
    oblique اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
    vocative اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)

    Feminine:

        Declension of انگریز
    singular plural
    direct اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزیں (aṅgrezẽ)
    oblique اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
    vocative اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

    1. English; of or relating to English people
    2. 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.