ფერადკანიანი

Georgian

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Etymology

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From ფერადი (peradi, colorful) +‎ კანიანი (ḳaniani, skinned, someone with a skin [of a certain type]).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʰeradkʼaniani/, [pʰeɾadkʼaniani]
  • Hyphenation: ფე‧რად‧კა‧ნი‧ა‧ნი

Noun

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ფერადკანიანი (peradḳaniani) (plural ფერადკანიანები)

  1. nonwhite person, someone of non-white ethnicity
  2. black person, someone of African ancestry or African-American
  3. multiracial person, brown person (to lesser extent)

Usage notes

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Despite the word-for-word translation for this word being colorful skinned, it carries no negative connotations in Georgian. Please also note that while the term “colored” seems similar, “colored” denotes to a result of a process of coloring, implying that default is white and the rest are with having color added, having been colored. However, Georgian word “ფერადი” simply means “having color” or “being colorful”.

Inflection

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