English Explanatory Dictionary

mak nyah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trans woman.

Word forms

mak nyah mak nyahs

Etymology

From Malay mak nyah, a compound word of mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”).

Related words

waria
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