ఫిరంగి
See also: ఫిరంగీ
Telugu
Alternative forms
ఫిరంగీ (phiraṅgī)
Noun
ఫిరంగి • (phiraṅgi) ? (plural ఫిరంగులు)
- A European.
- A cannon (being imported by the Europeans).
- తుపాకీ కడుపున ఫిరంగీ పుట్టినట్టు.
- tupākī kaḍupuna phiraṅgī puṭṭinaṭṭu.
- Like a cannon being born in the belly of musket.
References
- "ఫిరంగి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 856