כושי
Hebrew
Adjective
כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi)
- Cushite, Kushite: of, from, or pertaining to Cush in ancient northeastern Africa.
Noun
כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi) m
- A (male) Kushite, Cushite.
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops).
Adjective
כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi)
- (offensive) Black: being a black person.
Usage notes
- (black): This adjective is often pejorative and is usually considered offensive; it is perhaps comparable to English Nigger or colored.
Noun
כּוּשִׁי • (kúshi) m
- (offensive, by extension) 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.