person of the Caucasian race
→
cannon (weapon)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | 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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