হাবশি

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy). First attested as Middle Bengali হাবেসি (hābeśi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑb.ʃi/, [ˈɦäb.s̠iˑ]

Noun

হাবশি • (habośi)

  1. an Abyssinian (Ethiopian)
  2. a Negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)
    Synonyms: কাফ্রি (kaphri), নিগ্রো (nigrō)
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