შავკანიანი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From შავი (šavi, black, dark) +‎ კანიანი (ḳaniani, skinned, someone with a skin [of a certain type]).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃavkʼaniani/, [ʃafkʼaniani]
  • Hyphenation: შავ‧კა‧ნი‧ა‧ნი

Noun[edit]

შავკანიანი (šavḳaniani) (plural შავკანიანები)

  1. black skinned, dark-skinned person, someone of African ancestry

Usage notes[edit]

Despite the word-for-word translation for this word being blackskinned, which is a slur in English, it carries no negative connotations in Georgian. This word is non-offensive and politically correct way of saying black, or dark-skinned.

Inflection[edit]

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