فرنگ

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First attested in Safarnama of Nasir Khusrow (written in 1045–1052).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾǽŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾǽŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾǽŋɡ̥]

فرنگ • (farang)

(archaic) Frank, French
(archaic) crusader
- 1184–1291, Saadi, Golestan
  از صحبت یاران دمشقم ملالتی پدید آمده بود، سر در بیابان قدس نهادم و با حیوانات انس گرفتم تا وقتی که اسیر قید فرنگ شدم و در خندق طرابلس با جهودانم به کارگل داشتند.
  az suhbat-i yârân-i damišqam malâlati padîd âmada bûd, sar dar biyâbân-i quds nahâdam u bâ hayvânât uns giriftam tâ vaqtî ki asîr-i qayd-i farang šudam u dar xandaq-i tarâbulus bâ jahûdânam ba kârgil dâštand.
  I was upset from my Damascene friends and went to the desert of Palestine (...), until I was taken as captive by the Franks/Crusaders and they sent me with Jews as forced labourers to Tripoli, [Lebanon].
(archaic) European
(archaic) Christian
- 1141–1209, Nezami
  فرنگ فلسطین و رهبان روم
  پذیرای فرمان مهرش چو موم
  farang-i filistîn u rahbân-i rôm
  pazîrâ-yi farmân-i mihraš ču môm
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: फ़िरंग (firaṅg)

Urdu: فرنگ (farang)
→ Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)
→ Pashto: فرنګ (farang)
→ Thai: ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng)
- → English: farang (“westerner who comes to Thailand”)
- → Lao: ຝະລັ່ງ (fa lang), ຝະຫຼັ່ງ (fa lang)
- → White Hmong: huablab

فرنگ • (farang)

(archaic) Francia
- 1045–1052, Nasir Khusraw, Safarnama
  باجگاهی است آن جا که کشتی های که از اطراف روم و فرنگ و اندلس و مغرب بیاید عشر به سلطان دهند
  bâjgâhê ast ânjâ ki kaštî-hâ'ê ki az atrâf-i rôm u farang u andalus u mağrib biyâyand ušr ba sultân dahand.
  ... there is a place to collect tribute over there through which the ships that come from Rum [Anatolia], Francia, Al-Andalus, and Maghreb pay the tithe [ushr, one-tenth of the earned profit] to the sultan ...
(dated) France
Synonym: فرانسه (farânse)
(dated) Western world, especially Europe