berdache

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

bər-dăsh′ /bəˈdæʃ/ /bɚˈdæʃ/ En-us-berdache.ogg

berdache berdaches

From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of bardash.

transgender two-spirit hermaphrodite

berdachism

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