فرنج
الفِرَنْجُ,
n. un. فِرَنْجِىٌّ: see what follows.
الإِفْرَنْجَةُ (
O,
K) [and الإِفْرَنْجُ, which is the more common,] and ↓ الفِرَنْجُ, (
MF,
TA, [but in the Commentary of
MF written without any of the
syll. signs,]) 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, (
MF,) 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, (
K,) or افرنگ, (
O,) or from فرنك [or فِرَنْگ]: (
Suh,
MF:)
accord. to general
analogy, it should be الإِفْرِنْجَةُ, with kesr to the ر: (
O,
K:) so called because the seat of their dominion is [named] فرنجة or فرانسة [i. e. France]; and their king is called الفرنسپس, [more properly الـ
ـفَرَنْسِيْسِــىُّ,] which is likewise an arabicized word. (
Suh, as cited by
MF.) [The
n. un., or appellation given to a single person of this people, is إِفْرَنْجِىٌّ and فِرَنْجِىٌّ.]