حبشی
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃɪː/
Noun
حبشی • (habśī) m or f (Hindi spelling हब्शी)
- (sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
- (dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian
References
- “حبشی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “حبشی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.