შავკანიანი

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

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

შავკანიანი • (šavḳaniani) (plural შავკანიანები)

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

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.

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