હબશી
Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈɦəb.ʃi/
Noun
[edit]હબશી • (habśī) m
- (sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
- Siddi, Afro-Indian
- Synonym: સીદી (sīdī)
- (dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian