berdache
Pronunciation: /bəˈdæʃ/
The English word “berdache” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
Etymology
From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of bardash.
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