niggah

English

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

niggah (plural niggahs or niggahz)

1. (possibly offensive, African-American Vernacular) Alternative spelling of nigga
   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103:

     The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island.

2. (offensive) Pronunciation spelling of nigger, representing African-American Vernacular and US Southern English. [early 1800s]