Re: Angrez and Angrezi
Wiki says:
It is generally believed that the word farang originated with the Persian word farang (فرنگ](فرنگ - Wiktionary, the free dictionary)) or farangī (فرنگی](فرنگی - Wiktionary, the free dictionary)), meaning “Frank, European”. This in turn comes from the Old French word franc, meaning “Frank”, a West Germanic tribe that became the biggest political power in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages, and from which France derives its name. Because the Frankish Empire ruled Western Europe for centuries, the word “Frank” became deeply associated with Latins who professed the Roman Catholic faith by Eastern Europeans and Middle Easterners.
According to Rashid al-din Fazl Allâh, farang comes from the Arabic word afranj.[SUP][2]](Farang - Wikipedia)[/SUP] in Ethiopia faranji means white/european people In either case the original word was pronounced paranki (പറങ്കി) in Malayalam, parangiar in Tamil, and entered Khmer as barang and Malay as ferenggi.