हब्शी
Hindi
Alternative forms
- हबशी (habśī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian حبشی (habaši), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy). Compare Punjabi ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habshī) / حبشی (habśī), Gujarati હબસી (habsī), Marathi हबशी (habśī), Bengali হাবশি (habśi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/
Noun
हब्शी • (habśī) m (Urdu spelling حبشی)
- dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
- Siddi, Afro-Indian
- Synonym: सिदी (sidī)
- Abyssinian, Ethiopian
Declension
Declension of हब्शी | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | हब्शी (habśī) | हब्शी (habśī) |
Oblique | हब्शी (habśī) | हब्शियों (habśiyõ) |
Vocative | हब्शी (habśī) | हब्शियो (habśiyo) |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हब्शी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press