შავკანიანი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From შავი (šavi, black, dark) +‎ კანიანი (ḳaniani, skinned, someone with a skin [of a certain type]).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃavkʼaniani/, [ʃafkʼaniani]
  • Hyphenation: შავ‧კა‧ნი‧ა‧ნი

Noun edit

შავკანიანი (šavḳaniani) (plural შავკანიანები)

  1. black skinned, dark-skinned person, someone of African ancestry

Usage notes edit

Despite the word-for-word translation for this word being blackskinned, which is a slur in English, it carries no negative connotations in Georgian. This word is non-offensive and politically correct way of saying black, or dark-skinned.

Inflection edit

.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}