Dictionary

nigga en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɪɡə/
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Etymology

From a dialectal non-rhotic pronunciation of nigger.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, dated, ethnic, offensive, pronunciation-spelling, slur, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of nigger.
   alt of nigger
2. (offensive, often, qualifier:but also often used affectionately in African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) A close and loyal friend.
   • I'd never betray you, 'cause you my nigga, man.
3. (offensive, often, qualifier:but tolerated in African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) A black person (usually a male friend), especially an African American.
   • "I mean, if you're not interested, it ain't nothing but a thang, baby girl. Just let a nigga know." 2010, Chunichi, The Return of a Gangster's Girl, page 26:
   • As soon as I walked into the class and saw that sea of white faces, I felt alone, so I sat next to the only other nigga there.
4. (offensive, often, qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) Any person, though chiefly male.
   • White niggas do be like, this is too spicy.
   • All these freshman niggas are so annoying.
   • These niggas out here bein' fake.
   • “I can sit here and talk about the industrial complex all day long,” she said. “But niggas don’t look up until I say ‘Rihanna.’ Which isn’t right, to use those things. But that’s what people pay attention to.” […] a track called “toxic” singles out a cheating ex-boyfriend using the kind of memorably straightforward language favored by many of Warner’s less bookish peers (“Had a whole baby on me—fuck you, nigga”), while another track includes a winsome snippet of a conversation Warner once had with an Uber driver, who reminisces about his time in jail. 2023 August 20, Kelefa Sanneh, quoting Fatimah Nyeema Warner, “Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:
5. (offensive, often, qualifier:but tolerated in African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) A male, especially an adult one, as opposed to a female.
   • Now if you go to a party, and it's straight niggas, then I say a good 7 times out of 10, it's bouta get LIT UP! Like bro, dudes don't go to parties for other dudes. Nobody wants to pull up to a sausage fest. Like nothing is worse than pulling up to a party that was promoted to have hella joints there, for there to be no females there! 2024, Odawg, 3 SIGNS A PARTY IS ABOUT TO GET SHOT UP! (YouTube):
   • I read somewhere I'm homophobic. Shit, go through the hood. There's mad niggas on my dick. 2005, “Ryder Music”, in Curtis Jackson (lyrics), Tony Cottrell (music), The Massacre, performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:
   • Niggas on my dick more than my bitches. 2003, “If I Can't”, in Curtis Jackson (lyrics), Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:

Forms

Deriveds

niggaboo · sandnigga · wigga · side nigga · fucknigga · nigga nod · neezy · pussy nigga · house nigga · niggacide · niggatry · nigaboo · chigga · Niggatown

Relateds

nucca · noun

Synonyms

nigger (a friend, a black person) · homie (a friend, a black person) · nizzle (a friend, a black person)

Translations (25)

nan-hbl 烏張飛 /乌张飞 (ethnic slur) · hi हब्शन (ethnic slur) · ko 깜둥이 (ethnic slur) · cmn 尼哥 (ethnic slur) · ur حبشن (ethnic slur) · ja ニガー (ethnic slur) · ja 黒奴 (ethnic slur) · nan-hbl 烏鬼 /乌鬼 (ethnic slur) · mk црнчуга (ethnic slur) · pt preto (ethnic slur) · fi nekru (ethnic slur) · yue 黑鬼 (ethnic slur) · nl neger (ethnic slur) · ur حبشی (ethnic slur) · ko 검둥이 (ethnic slur) · es negrito (ethnic slur) · hi कालू (ethnic slur) · ja 黒んぼ (ethnic slur) · it negro (ethnic slur) · es negro (ethnic slur) · ru нигр (ethnic slur) · hi हब्शी (ethnic slur) · fr nègre (ethnic slur) · pt crioulo (ethnic slur) · cmn 黑鬼 (ethnic slur)

nigga en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɪɡə/
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Etymology

Of Old Akkadian origin. Unrelated to Etymology 1.

Meanings

1. (vulgar) A type of acrographic lexical list included in Old Babylonian scribal curriculum.

Forms