The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

person of the Caucasian race → cannon (weapon) 1 realization Unique

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.