مخنث

See also: محنت and مجنب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb خَنَّثَ (ḵannaṯa, to bend, to make effeminate), from the root خ ن ث (ḵ-n-ṯ).

Noun

مُخَنَّث (muḵannaṯ) m (plural مُخَنَّثُون (muḵannaṯūn))

  1. (Standard Arabic) a trans woman or male-to-female crossdresser; literally "effeminate one" or "male who resembles a woman"

Declension

Adjective

مُخَنَّث (muḵannaṯ) (feminine مُخَنَّثَة (muḵannaṯa), masculine plural مُخَنَّثُون (muḵannaṯūn))

  1. bisexual
  2. effeminate
  3. powerless, impotent, weak

Declension

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