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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.xan.naθ/

Noun

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

  1. (Standard Arabic, often derogatory) 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 مُخَنَّثُونَ‎ (muḵannaṯūna), feminine plural مُخَنَّثَات‎ (muḵannaṯāt)

  1. passive participle of خَنَّثَ‎ (ḵannaṯa)
  2. (often derogatory) effeminate
  3. hermaphrodite (“having both male and female parts or functions”)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: müxənnət, müxənnəs
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مخنث‎ (muhanat, muhannat, muhannes)
    • Turkish: muhanat, muhannat, muhannes
    • → Bulgarian: муана́т (muanát), мухна́т (muhnát), мухана́т (muhanát)
    • → Georgian: მუხანათი (muxanati)
    • → Laz: მუანატი (muanaťi)
    • → Middle Armenian: մուխանաթ (muxanatʿ)
      • Armenian: մուխանաթ (muxanatʿ), մուխաննաթ (muxannatʿ), մեխանաթ (mexanatʿ)
    • → Northern Kurdish: mixenet
    • → Serbo-Croatian: muhanat, muhanatan, muanat, muanatan
    • → Zazaki: mıxenet
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