Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy

Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by Texasian on Friday December 04, 2015 @08:58PM (#10680456)

Oh wow, thats crazy interesting... There's a beach area on Penang in Malaysia called Batu Ferringhi. It means Foreigner's Rock.

I guess the loan word spread throughout the muslim world somehow...

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Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by benbreen on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:05PM (#10680480)

Amazingly, it even made its way into Chinese as folangji (佛郎機):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farang#Etymology_and_related_w...

Sort of reminds me of an anecdote I read somewhere in a book about medieval fashion - one theory is that those curvy-toed shoes you see in late medieval artwork originated in Tang dynasty China, and the fashion took ~500 years to slowly make its way west across Eurasia.

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Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by Natsu on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:39PM (#10680559)

Now you have me wondering if it could possibly be the inspiration for the name of the Ferengi.

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Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by ekianjo on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:10PM (#10680488)

Your link also mentions the word is used in Thai as Farang as well.

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Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by uptownfunk on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:31PM (#10680541)

It's also in Hindi as Firangi as well.

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Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by ekianjo on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:03PM (#10680469)

Wow, really cool! Words are without borders.

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Re:Taʿârof, the ceremony of courtesy by partomniscient on Friday December 04, 2015 @10:15PM (#10680642)

Information wants to be free.

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