ferash
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From 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.