حبشی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: حَبْ‧شی

Noun

حَبْشی • (habśī) m or f (Hindi spelling हब्शी)

1. (sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
2. (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.