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firingi

firingi is the obsolete spelling of firangi.

Meaning of firangi

Noun

firangi (plural firangis or firangi)

  1. (British, India, South-Asia) A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
    • Prem, who knew him slightly from Dehra Dun (where Dhillon had been his junior), remembers Dhillon cheerfully telling everyone that the firangi were glad to have Indians patrolling their wire. This Prem doubted.1995, Peter Ward Fay, The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945, page 109

Forms of firingi

pluralfiringis

Questions about firingi

What is firingi the obsolete spelling of?
Firingi is the obsolete spelling of firangi.

Words near firingi in the dictionary

  1. firing squads
  2. firing the starting gun
  3. firing up
  4. Firinghee
  5. Firinghees
  6. firingi
  7. firingis
  8. firings
  9. firk
  10. firka
  11. firkas

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