Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشه (habša), from Arabic الحَبْشَة (al-ḥabša).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

حَبَشَہ or حَبْشَہ (habaśa or habśam (Hindi spelling हबशा or हब्शा)

  1. (historical) Alternative form of حَبَش (habaś, Abyssinia)

Further reading edit

  • حبشہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • حبشہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حبشی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.