حبشی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: حَبْ‧شی

Noun

حَبْشی • (habśī) m (feminine حَبْشَن (habśan), Hindi spelling हब्शी)

  1. (sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
  2. (dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian

References

  • “حبشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “حبشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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