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)
- (derogatory) nigger
- a person from Africa
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī) | ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃) |
| oblique | ਹਬਸ਼ੀ (habśī) | ਹਬਸ਼ੀਆਂ (habśīā̃) |
| vocative | ਹਬਸ਼ੀਏ (habśīē) | ਹਬਸ਼ੀਓ (habśīo) |
| ablative | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Related terms
- ਹਬਸ਼ਣ f (habśaṇ, “negress”)
Further reading
- “ਹਬਸ਼ੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026