Fenglish

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by NadandoBot (talk | contribs) as of 03:46, 17 December 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

Blend of Farsi +‎ English

Proper noun

Fenglish

  1. (informal) A language that combines Farsi and English.
    • 2015, Fariba Adelkhah, The Thousand and One Borders of Iran: Travel and Identity:
      We laugh in Persian, and this is always the language for jokes, which sometimes causes difficulties for American girlfriends. But if we take a closer look, things are more complicated, as diglossia – Penglish or Fenglish – is spreading []

See also

Anagrams