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Fenglish

Fenglish proper noun: a language that combines Farsi and English.

Proper noun

Fenglish

  1. (informal) A language that combines Farsi and English.
    • 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 […]2015, Fariba Adelkhah, The Thousand and One Borders of Iran: Travel and Identity

Origin of Fenglish

Blend of Farsi + English.

Questions about Fenglish

What does Fenglish mean?
Fenglish means a language that combines Farsi and English.
What part of speech is Fenglish?
Fenglish is a proper noun.

Words near Fenglish in the dictionary

  1. fengite
  2. Fengjie
  3. Fengjing
  4. Fengle
  5. fenglin
  6. Fenglish
  7. Fengman
  8. Fengnan
  9. Fengqiu
  10. Fengquan
  11. fengs

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