الإِفْرَنْجَةُ
Root: فرنج
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الإِفْرَنْجَةُ
[and الإِفْرَنْجُ, which is the more common,] and
الفِرَنْجُ , in which last manner it is correctly written accord. to the sheykhs of El-Andalus, who are the nearest to, and the best acquainted with, the country of the people thus called, and so written by Suh, A certain people; [the Franks; an appellation given originally, by the Arabs, to the French; and afterwards to all Europeans except those of the Turkish Empire:] an arabicized word from إِفْرَنْك, or افرنگ, or from فرنك [or فِرَنْگ]: accord. to general analogy, it should be الإِفْرِنْجَةُ, with kesr to the ر: so called because the seat of their dominion is [named] فرنجة or فرانسة [i. e. France]; and their king is called الفرنسپس, [more properly الفَرَنْسِيْسِىُّ,] which is likewise an arabicized word. [The n. un., or appellation given to a single person of this people, is إِفْرَنْجِىٌّ and فِرَنْجِىٌّ.]
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