حبشی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ‎ (ḥabašiyy).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəb.ʃɪː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦəb.ʃɪː/

Noun

حبشی • (transliteration needed) m or f (Hindi spelling हब्शी)

(sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
(dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian

References

“حبشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“حبشی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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