हब्सी

Nepali

Alternative forms
  • हप्सी (hapsī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (hapašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɦʌbsi]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: हब्सि

Noun

हब्सी • (habsī) m or f

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man

References
  1. “हब्सी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
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