Etymology

farang

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Today it means: A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country. Full definition →

Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) ← Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī) ← Middle Persian ig
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  1. Proto-Germanic*frankô
  2. Frankish*Frankō
  3. Latinfrancus
  4. Old Frenchfranc
  5. Classical Persianفرنگ (farang)
  6. Middle Persianyḥ (īh)
  7. Middle Persianig
  8. Classical Persianـی (i)
  9. Classical Persianفرنگی (farangī)
  10. Thaiฝรั่ง (fà-ràng)
  11. English todayfarang

Borrowed from Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “Westerner”). Doublet of Frank, frank, franc, and firangi.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.