佛朗機

Chinese

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Definitions
  • (obsolete) generic name for foreigners from Europe in Ming-dynasty China, especially the Portuguese and Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فرنگی (Westerner, European).

Origin

Persian

فرنگی

Gloss

Westerner, European

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