Guest guest Posted April 27, 2001 Report Share Posted April 27, 2001 INDOLOGY, Prof. Michael Witzel <witzel@f...> wrote: > > From Arabic into Persian, still meaning "(non-Islamic) westerners': > Faranja, Firanja "Europe" (not including Greece!) > faranjiya 'a war engine of the Franks' -- hence 'cannon' etc. farengi in tamil is paraGgi. Tamil has 'pIraGki' for cannon, obviously conn. to firangi. Did the Muslims borrow cannon technology from Europe? Kind regards, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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