हब्शी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- हबशी (habśī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/, [ɦɐb.ʃiː]
Noun
हब्शी • (habśī) m (feminine हब्शिन, Urdu spelling حبشی)
- (sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
- Siddi, Afro-Indian
- Synonym: सिदी (sidī)
- (dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हब्शी habśī |
हब्शी habśī |
| oblique | हब्शी habśī |
हब्शियों habśiyõ |
| vocative | हब्शी habśī |
हब्शियो habśiyo |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हब्शी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɦʌbsi]
- Phonetic Devanagari: हब्सि
Noun
हब्शी • (habśī) m or f
- alternative spelling of हब्सी (habsī)