Westerner
→
cannon (weapon)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme | phiraṅgi (ఫిరంగి) | |
| Meaning 1 | Westerner | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cannon (weapon) | |
| Reference | Brown Telugu dictionary: 856 | |
| Comment | From Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī, firingī), probably through Hindi फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī)/Urdu فرنگی (firangī); ultimately from Old French franc. The sense 'cannon' arises from it being a European import. |
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