כושי

כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi)

1. Cushite, Kushite: of, from, or pertaining to Cush in ancient northeastern Africa.

כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi) m

1. A (male) Kushite, Cushite.

Semantic loan from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops).

כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi)

1. (offensive) Black: being a black person.

• (black): This adjective is often pejorative and is usually considered offensive; it is perhaps comparable to English Nigger or colored.

כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi) m

1. (offensive, by extension) A (male) black person.
   • 2009 August 11, דניאל אדלסון (Daniel Edelson), "צעירה אתיופית: 'נהג אגד אמר שלא מסיע כושים'‎" (tz'irá etiópit: "nahág éged amár sheló masía kúshim", “Young Ethiopian Woman: 'Eged driver said he doesn't drive kúshim”), Ynet.

• See the usage notes for the adjective, above.