زنجي

See also: زنجی

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian زنگی (zangi, dark-skinned), from Middle Persian zngyk' (zangīg, Negro).

Noun

زَنْجِيّ • (zanjiyy) m, plural زُنُوج (zunūj), feminine زَنْجِيَّة (zanjiyya) or
زِنْجِيّ • (zinjiyy) m, plural زُنُوج (zunūj), feminine زِنْجِيَّة (zinjiyya)

  1. (now chiefly informal, offensive) Negro

Declension

Synonyms

Adjective

زَنْجِيّ • (zanjiyy) (feminine زَنْجِيَّة (zanjiyya), masculine plural زُنُوج (zunūj), feminine plural زَنْجِيَّات (zanjiyyāt)) or
زِنْجِيّ • (zinjiyy) (feminine زِنْجِيَّة (zinjiyya), masculine plural زُنُوج (zunūj), feminine plural زِنْجِيَّات (zinjiyyāt))

  1. (now chiefly informal, offensive) Negro

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: zənci
  • Chagatai: زنجی
  • Ottoman Turkish: زَنجی (zenci)
  • Persian: زنجی (zanji)

Further reading

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “زنجي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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