হাবশি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• হাবশী, হাবসি, হাবসী — spelling variants

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (habašī, “Abyssinian; Negro; black slave”), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy). First attested as Middle Bengali হাবেসি (hābeśi).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /hab.ʃi/, [hab.ʃiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /hab.ʃi/, [hab.ʃiˑ]

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Noun

হাবশি • (habośi)

1. an Abyssinian (Ethiopian)
2. a Negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)

   Synonyms: কাফ্রি (kaphri), নিগ্রো (nigrō)