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feringhee

Pronunciation: /fəˈrɪŋgi/
(also feringhi)
Definition of feringhee

noun

  • 1chiefly derogatory (in India and other parts of Asia) a foreigner, especially one with white skin.
  • 2 archaic a person of Indian-Portuguese parentage.

Origin:

via Urdu from Persian firangī, from the base of Frank

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