ਹਬਸ਼ੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦəb.ʃiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: ਹਬ‧ਸ਼ੀ

Noun

ਹਬਸ਼ੀ • (habśī) m or f (Shahmukhi spelling حبشی)

  1. (derogatory) nigger
  2. a person from Africa

Declension
Declension of ਹਬਸ਼ੀ
dir. sg. ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī)
dir. pl. ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃)
singular plural
direct ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī) ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃)
oblique ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī) ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃)
vocative ਹਬਸ਼ੀਏ (habśīē) ਹਬਸ਼ੀਓ (habśīo)
ablative — —
locative — —
instrumental — —
  • ਹਬਸ਼ਣ f (habśaṇ, “negress”)

Further reading
  • “ਹਬਸ਼ੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
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