Penglish

English

Etymology

Blend of Persian +‎ English

Proper noun

Penglish

  1. (informal) A language that combines Persian and English.
    • 2007, Mehdi Semati, Media, Culture and Society in Iran
      Gradually, however, English, Penglish (a hybrid of Persian and English), and other host country languages have become accepted, as filmmakers and audiences have evolved and set down roots abroad.
    • 2011, Hamid Naficy, A Social History of Iranian Cinema, volume 2, page 318:
      Finally, these displaced toughs' adoption of the Iranian exiles' lingo, Penglish (a mixture of Persian and English), which they further mingled with their own argot, produced a rich, hybridized, and humorous language that required a knowing audience to decode and fully appreciate.
    • 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 […]

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