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Penglish

Penglish proper noun: a language that combines Persian and English.

Proper noun

Penglish

  1. (informal) A language that combines Persian and English.
    • 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.2007, Mehdi Semati, Media, Culture and Society in Iran
    • 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.2011, Hamid Naficy, A Social History of Iranian Cinema, volume 2, page 318

Origin of Penglish

Blend of Persian + English.

Questions about Penglish

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

Words near Penglish in the dictionary

  1. Pengjia
  2. Penglai
  3. Penglai City
  4. Penglai Island
  5. Penglai Mountain
  6. Penglish
  7. pengo
  8. pengoes
  9. pengolin
  10. pengolins
  11. pengornithid

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