سیاه‌پوست

Persian

Etymology

سیاه (siyâh, black) + پوست (pust, skin).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [si.jɑːɦ.pʰóːst̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [si.jɑː.pʰóːst̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [si.jɔː.pʰʊ́ːst̪]

Readings
Classical reading? siyāhpōst
Dari reading? siyāhpōst
Iranian reading? siyâhpust
Tajik reading? siyohpüst

Adjective

سیاه‌پوست • (siyâh-pust)

  1. black, black-skinned; African
    آمریکایی‌های سیاه‌پوستâmrikâyi-hâ-ye siyâh-pustBlack Americans

Noun

سیاهپوست • (siyâh-pust) (plural سیاه‌پوستان (siyâh-pustân) or سیاه‌پوست‌ها (siyâh-pust-hâ))

  1. black person, black-skinned person
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]:
      از آن بالاتر سوی جنوب ولایت نوبه است و پادشاه آن زمین دیگر است و مردم آنجا سیاه پوست باشند و دین ایشان ترسای باشد.
      az ān bālā-tar sōy-i junūb wilāyat-i nūba ast u pādišāh-i ān zamīn dīgar ast u mardum-i ānjā siyāh pōst bāšand u dīn-i ēšān tarsāy bāšad.
      Higher from there, towards the south, is the country of Nubia. The king of that land is different, and the people there are black. Their religion is Christian.
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