כושי

Adjective

 * 1) Cushite, Kushite: of, from, or pertaining to Cush in ancient northeastern Africa.

Noun

 * 1) A (male) Kushite, Cushite.

Etymology 2
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Adjective

 * 1)  negro, Black: of or roughly resembling black people.

Usage notes

 * This adjective is often pejorative and is usually considered offensive; it is perhaps comparable to English or.


 * Although its use has become deprecated by the 2000s, it is however still commonly used by older people in a non-offensive way.


 * Note that the stress-initial variant is considered far less technical and more offensive.

Noun

 * 1)  negro, a (male) black person.
 * 2) * 2009 August 11, דניאל אדלסון (Daniel Edelson), "צעירה אתיופית: 'נהג אגד אמר שלא מסיע כושים'" (tz'irá etiópit: "nahág éged amár sheló masía kúshim", “Young Ethiopian Woman: 'Eged driver said he doesn't drive kúshim”), Ynet.

Usage notes

 * See the usage notes for the adjective, above.