انگریز

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Hindi अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez)bor.

Proto-Germanic *angliz

Old English Engle

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Old English Englisċder.

Portuguese inglêsbor.

Urdu اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)bor.

Persian انگریز

Borrowed from Hindustani اَن٘گْریز / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez).

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋɡ.ɾéːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋɡ.ɾéːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋɡ.ɾéːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäŋɡ.ɾéːz]

Readings
Dari reading?	angrēz

Noun

انگریز • (angrēz) (Dari, typically colloquial)

1. Englishman, Englishwoman; English
2. British

Derived terms

• انگریزی (angrēzī, “English”)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “انگریز”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40
• “انگریز”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *angliz

Old English Engle

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Old English Englisċder.

Portuguese inglêsbor.

Urdu اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)

Borrowed from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əŋ.ɡɾeːz/
• Rhymes: -eːz

Noun

اَن٘گْریز • (aṅgrez) m or f (Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

1. Englishman; a Brit
2. (chiefly historical) the British
3. (colloquial) white person

   Synonym: فِرَن٘گی (firaṅgī)

Declension

Masculine:

Declension of انگریز

	singular	plural
direct	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)
oblique	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)	اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
vocative	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)	اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)

Feminine:

Declension of انگریز

	singular	plural
direct	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)	اَن٘گْریزیں (aṅgrezẽ)
oblique	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)	اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ)
vocative	اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez)	اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo)

Derived terms

• اَن٘گْریزی (aṅgrezī, “English language”)

Adjective

اَن٘گْریز • (aṅgrez) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

1. English; of or relating to English people
2. British

Further reading

• “انگریز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “انگریز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انگريز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “انگريز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “انگريز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.