Angrez
See also: angrez
English
Alternative forms
- angrez
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu انگریز (ãṅgrez), Hindi अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez, “British people”), from Portuguese inglês (“Englishman”).[1][2]
Noun
Angrez (plural Angrez)
- (India, Pakistan) An English person.
- (India, Pakistan) A white person.
See also
- gora
- firangi
References
- A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary by F.Steinngass, New Delhi 2005, p. 114. →ISBN
- "Portuguese loanwords in Urdu", Dawn News, May 31, 2010