ferash

English

Alternative forms

farash, farrash, ferrash, frash

Etymology

Arabic فِرَاش (firāš, “to spread a carpet”)

Noun

ferash (plural ferashes)

(obsolete, Anglo-Indian) A menial domestic servant responsible for spreading carpets, pitching tents, etc.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “FARÁSH, FERÁSH, FRASH”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 349.

Anagrams

Shafer, afresh, freash

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.