Angrez

See also: angrez

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu انگریز‎ (ãṅgrez), Hindi अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez, “British people”), from Portuguese inglês (“Englishman”).[1][2]

Noun

Angrez (plural Angrez)

  1. (India, Pakistan) An English person.
  2. (India, Pakistan) A white person.

See also

References
  1. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary by F.Steinngass, New Delhi 2005, p. 114. →ISBN
  2. "Portuguese loanwords in Urdu", Dawn News, May 31, 2010
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