انگریز
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani اَن٘گْریز / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez).
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäŋɡ.ɾéːz]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | angrēz |
Noun
انگریز • (angrēz) (Indo-Persian, Dari, typically colloquial)
Derived terms
- انگریزی (angrēzī, “English”)
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “انگریز”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40
- “انگریز”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Portuguese inglês, from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡɾeːz/
- Rhymes: -eːz
Noun
اَن٘گْریز • (aṅgrez) m or f (Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)
- Englishman; a Brit
- (chiefly historical) the British
- (colloquial) white person
- Synonym: فِرَن٘گی (firaṅgī)
Declension
Masculine:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) |
| oblique | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) | اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ) |
| vocative | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) | اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo) |
Feminine:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) | اَن٘گْریزیں (aṅgrezẽ) |
| oblique | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) | اَن٘گْریزوں (aṅgrezõ) |
| vocative | اَن٘گْریز (aṅgrez) | اَن٘گْریزو (aṅgrezo) |
Derived terms
- اَن٘گْریزی (aṅgrezī, “English language”)
Adjective
اَن٘گْریز • (aṅgrez) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंग्रेज़)
Further reading
- “انگریز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “انگریز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “انگريز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “انگريز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “انگريز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.