Ferengi

Ferengi is an Arabic name for European traders, or for Westeners in general. It is also pronounced "Feringhee" and similarly. The name is likely derived from the Arabic word Faranj or Ifranj = "Franks". (In colloquial Italian ferengi means "Yankee Trader".)

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Arabic - European - Franks - Italian

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The Star Trek usage was taken from the above usage. In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Ferengi are an alien race notable for their devotion towards profit and their constant efforts to swindle people into bad deals. They are often shown as being somewhat of a nuisance, and plots involving them are usually comedic ones. Originally, they were meant to replace the Klingons as a threat to the Federation but viewers simply could not see the ridiculous creatures as posing any kind of consistent threat. The Borg designation for the Ferengi is "species 180."

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Star Trek - Fictional universe - Profit - Comedic - Klingon - Borg

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The Ferengi come from the planet Ferenginar, in the center of the Ferengi Alliance located in the Alpha Quadrant.

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Planet - Ferenginar

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In Encounter at Farpoint the Ferengi are mentioned for the first time. The Bandi leader Groppler Zorn threatens to sell Farpoint Station to the Ferengi, to which Picard said he hoped the Ferengi found the Bandi as tasty as their last associates. The Ferengi were seen for the first time in the episode The Last Outpost. In the Star Trek chronology, the earliest known reference to the race occurs in the ' episode "Dear Doctor" when an alien mentions the Ferengi in passing, but the Enterprise crew do not recognize the name.

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Encounter at Farpoint - Farpoint Station - The Last Outpost - Dear Doctor

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' was the series that focused most on the Ferengi; several episodes were centered around them, and the show often explored Ferengi culture in depth (and often visited Ferenginar, the Ferengi homeworld). Armin Shimerman (Quark) was a main cast member on the series.

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Ferenginar - Armin Shimerman - Quark

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