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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).
Pronunciation
Noun
حَبْشی • (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 (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “حبشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.