zenci

From Ottoman Turkish زنجی (zenci), from Arabic زَنْجِيّ (zanjiyy), from Classical Persian زنگی (zangī).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /zenˈdʒi/
• Hyphenation: zen‧ci

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zenci (definite accusative zenciyi, plural zenciler)

1. black person of African descent, Negro

   Synonyms: siyahi, Arap

• This word is slightly colloquial, and sometimes even derogatory depending on the context, but it does not have the same level of offensiveness as its English equivalents.

• “zenci”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zenci”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı