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हब्सी

Nepali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (hapašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).[1]

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Noun

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हब्सी • (habsī) m or f

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man

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  1. ^ “हब्सी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
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