হাবশি

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy). First attested as Middle Bengali হাবেসি (hābeśi).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /hab.ʃi/, [hab.ʃiˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /hab.ʃi/, [hab.ʃiˑ]
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Noun

হাবশি • (habośi)

  1. an Abyssinian (Ethiopian)
  2. a Negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)
    Synonyms: কাফ্রি (kaphri), নিগ্রো (nigrō)
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