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"2": "th",
"3": "ฝรั่ง",
"gloss": "Westerner"
},
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"name": "bor"
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"examples": [
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"ref": "2017 March 30, \"Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport\", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited",
"text": "Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport: A foreign man is believed to have committed suicide when he fell from the fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning."
},
{
"ref": "2017 April 20, \"Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof\", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited",
"text": "Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof: A foreign man was tied up by locals and police Wednesday morning... At midnight, locals alerted the police after the farang went on a rampage and destroyed other people's property... Witnesses said they had not seen the man before. The farang continued to let out curses as he was moved onto the police's truck..."
},
{
"ref": "2017 May 9, \"Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs\", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited",
"text": "Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs: A local on Koh Samui shared a video of a couple he called \"farang scums\" having sex on the beach for an audience of confused stray dogs."
}
],
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[
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"raw_glosses": [
"(Thailand, ethnic slur) A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "ferenghi"
}
],
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "firaṅgī",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फ़िरंगी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फिरंगी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फिरंग"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "faran",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ファラン"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baaraŋ",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "បារាំង"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"english": "fa rang",
"lang": "Lao",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ຝຣັ່ງ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "fa lang",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ຝະລັ່ງ"
},
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"roman": "farangi",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "فرنگی"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "faráng",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "фара́нг"
},
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"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "фарангӣ"
},
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"code": "tg",
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"word": "фаранги"
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"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ฝรั่ง"
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"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "firangī",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فرنگی"
}
],
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"farang"
]
}
],
"word": "farang"
}
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"name": "bor"
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"ref": "2017 March 30, \"Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport\", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited",
"text": "Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport: A foreign man is believed to have committed suicide when he fell from the fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning."
},
{
"ref": "2017 April 20, \"Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof\", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited",
"text": "Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof: A foreign man was tied up by locals and police Wednesday morning... At midnight, locals alerted the police after the farang went on a rampage and destroyed other people's property... Witnesses said they had not seen the man before. The farang continued to let out curses as he was moved onto the police's truck..."
},
{
"ref": "2017 May 9, \"Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs\", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited",
"text": "Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs: A local on Koh Samui shared a video of a couple he called \"farang scums\" having sex on the beach for an audience of confused stray dogs."
}
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],
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"wikipedia": [
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "firaṅgī",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फ़िरंगी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "phiraṅgī",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फिरंगी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "phiraṅg",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फिरंग"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "faran",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ファラン"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baaraŋ",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "បារាំង"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"english": "fa rang",
"lang": "Lao",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ຝຣັ່ງ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "fa lang",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ຝະລັ່ງ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "farangi",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "فرنگی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "faráng",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "фара́нг"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "farangī",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "фарангӣ"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "farangi",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "фаранги"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fà-ràng",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"word": "ฝรั่ง"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "firangī",
"sense": "(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فرنگی"
}
],
"word": "farang"
}
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