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हब्शी

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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हब्शी (habśīm or f by sense (Urdu spelling حبشی)

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

Declension

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

Further reading

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Nepali

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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हब्शी (habśīm or f

  1. alternative spelling of हब्सी (habsī)