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Oh wow, thats crazy interesting... There's a beach area on Penang in Malaysia called Batu Ferringhi. It means Foreigner's Rock. I guess the loan word spread th
by Texasian 11y ago
Oh wow, thats crazy interesting... There's a beach area on Penang in Malaysia called Batu Ferringhi. It means Foreigner's Rock.
I guess the loan word spread throughout the muslim world somehow...
- ekianjo 11y agoWow, really cool! Words are without borders.
- partomniscient 11y agoInformation wants to be free.
- benbreen 11y agoAmazingly, it even made its way into Chinese as folangji (佛郎機): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farang#Etymology_and_related_words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farang#Etymology_and_related_w... Sort of reminds me of an anecdote I read somewhere in a book about medieval fashion - one theory is that those curvy-toed shoes you see in late medieval artwork originated in Tang dynasty China, and the fashion took ~500 years to slowly make its way west across Eurasia.
- ekianjo 11y agoYour link also mentions the word is used in Thai as Farang as well.
- uptownfunk 11y agoIt's also in Hindi as Firangi as well.
- Natsu 11y agoNow you have me wondering if it could possibly be the inspiration for the name of the Ferengi.