כושי

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Adjective

כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi)

1. Cushite, Kushite: of, from, or pertaining to Cush in ancient northeastern Africa.

Noun

כּוּשִׁי • (kushí) m

1. A (male) Kushite, Cushite.

Derived terms

• היהפוך כושי עורו / הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ (hayahafóch kúshi 'oró)

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops).

Adjective

כּוּשִׁי • (kushí, kúshi)

1. (dated, potentially offensive) negro, Black: of or roughly resembling black people.

Usage notes

• (black): This adjective is often pejorative and is usually considered offensive; it is perhaps comparable to English negro or colored.

• Although its use has become deprecated by the 2000s, it is however still commonly used by older people in a non-offensive way.

• Note that the stress-initial variant is considered far less technical and more offensive.

Noun

כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi) m

1. (dated, potentially offensive, by extension) negro, a (male) black person.
   • 2009 August 11, דניאל אדלסון (Daniel Edelson), "צעירה אתיופית: 'נהג אגד אמר שלא מסיע כושים'" (tz'irá etiópit: "nahág éged amár sheló masía kúshim", “Young Ethiopian Woman: 'Eged driver said he doesn't drive kúshim”), Ynet.

Usage notes

• See the usage notes for the adjective, above.