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انگریز

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Persian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Hindustani اَن٘گْریز / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez).

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Dari reading? angrēz

    Noun

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    انگریز (angrēz) (Dari, typically colloquial)

    1. Englishman, Englishwoman; English
    2. British

    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • 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

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    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrezm or f (Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

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

      Declension

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      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

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      Adjective

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      اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)

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

      Further reading

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      • 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.