ferashn.

Brit.

/fəˈrɑːʃ/, U.S.

/fəˈrɑʃ/, Indian English /fəˈrːaːʃ/

Forms: Also 1600s farras, frass, 1800s– farrash.

Etymology: Urdu from Arabic farrāsh, < farasha to spread.

Anglo-Indian.

‘A menial servant whose proper business is to spread carpets, pitch tents, etc., and do similar domestic work. In more common use in India two centuries ago than now’ (Yule).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > unskilled or doing menial work > Indian

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1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 321 Other officers called Farrasin, that is..chamberlaines.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 Where live the Frasses, or Porters also.

1824 Hajji Baba I. 59 I am a ferash, (a carpet spreader) said he.

1873 H. Blochmann tr. Abdul Fazl 'Allami Ain i Akbari I. xvi. 47 Besides, there are employed a thousand Farráshes, natives of I'rán, Túrán, and Hindustan.

1876 A. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. June 31 The governor..kindly sent ten ferashes, or servants, to conduct us.

1894 G. M. L. Bell Safar Nameh: Persian Pictures 162 It belonged to the Shah's farrash.

1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular iii. 80 Nobody seemed surprised at Ankara when the bags were handed over to the embassy's farrash at the station by me and not by my friend at Tripoli.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2022).

单词	ferash
释义	ferashn. Brit. /fəˈrɑːʃ/, U.S. /fəˈrɑʃ/, Indian English /fəˈrːaːʃ/ Forms: Also 1600s farras, frass, 1800s– farrash. Etymology: Urdu from Arabic farrāsh, < farasha to spread. Anglo-Indian. ‘A menial servant whose proper business is to spread carpets, pitch tents, etc., and do similar domestic work. In more common use in India two centuries ago than now’ (Yule). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > unskilled or doing menial work > Indian ferash1600 khalasi1785 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 321 Other officers called Farrasin, that is..chamberlaines. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 Where live the Frasses, or Porters also. 1824 Hajji Baba I. 59 I am a ferash, (a carpet spreader) said he. 1873 H. Blochmann tr. Abdul Fazl 'Allami Ain i Akbari I. xvi. 47 Besides, there are employed a thousand Farráshes, natives of I'rán, Túrán, and Hindustan. 1876 A. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. June 31 The governor..kindly sent ten ferashes, or servants, to conduct us. 1894 G. M. L. Bell Safar Nameh: Persian Pictures 162 It belonged to the Shah's farrash. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular iii. 80 Nobody seemed surprised at Ankara when the bags were handed over to the embassy's farrash at the station by me and not by my friend at Tripoli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1600
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