હબશી
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
હબશી • (habśī) m
- (sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man
- Siddi, Afro-Indian
- Synonym: સીદી (sīdī)
- (dated) Abyssinian, Ethiopian