हब्सी

Nepali

Alternative forms

  • हप्सी (hapsī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हब्शी (habśī), from Classical Persian حَبْشِی (habšī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦʌbsi]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: हब्सि

Noun

हब्सी • (habsī)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man

References

  1. ^ “हब्सी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “हब्सि”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 360
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