हब्शी

Hindi

Alternative forms

हबशी (habśī)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/, [ɦɐb.ʃiː]

Noun

हब्शी • (habśī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling حبشی)

(sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
Siddi, Afro-Indian
Synonym: सिदी (sidī)
(dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of हब्शी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हब्शी habśī	हब्शी habśī
oblique	हब्शी habśī	हब्शियों habśiyõ
vocative	हब्शी habśī	हब्शियो habśiyo

Declension of हब्शी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हब्शी habśī	हब्शियाँ habśiyā̃
oblique	हब्शी habśī	हब्शियों habśiyõ
vocative	हब्शी habśī	हब्शियो habśiyo

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हब्शी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɦʌbsi]

Phonetic Devanagari: हब्सि

Noun

हब्शी • (habśī) m or f

alternative spelling of हब्सी (habsī)

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