Persian · noun · People & Roles
Faraangi
फ़िरंगी
said fa-RAN-gee
also written: farangi, firangi, frank, european, ferengi
Meaning
A European, a Westerner (originally 'Frank'); in Iqbal often the modern Western colonial whose power rests on machinery and reason without spirit.
Literally: Frank (the Franks, hence Europeans)
Related words
PERSIAN
Farang
The land of the Franks — Europe and the West; in Iqbal the emblem of dazzling but soulless modern civilisation and material power.
PERSIAN
Firang / Maghrib
The West, Europe — literally “the Franks.”
PERSIAN
Aql-e-Farangi
'European reason' — the calculating, instrumental rationality of the modern West; Iqbal admired its scientific power but warned it had lost the heart (qalb) and turned clever without being wise.