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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: ਹਬ‧ਸ਼ੀ
Noun
ਹਬਸ਼ੀ • (habśī) m or f (Shahmukhi spelling حبشی)
- (derogatory) nigger
- a person from Africa
Declension
| Declension of ਹਬਸ਼ੀ
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| dir. sg.
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī)
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| dir. pl.
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī)
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃)
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| oblique
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī)
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃)
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| vocative
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀਏ (habśīē)
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ਹਬਸ਼ੀਓ (habśīo)
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| ablative
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| locative
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| instrumental
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- ਹਬਸ਼ਣ f (habśaṇ, “negress”)
Further reading
- “ਹਬਸ਼ੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024