हब्सी

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Nepali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian حبشی (hapašī, Abyssinian; Negro; black slave), from Arabic حَبَشِيّ (ḥabašiyy).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

हब्सी (habsīm or f

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) dark-skinned African, Negro, black man

References[edit]

  1. ^ हब्सी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018