gay in Arabic
مِثْلِيّ miṯliyy
/ɡeɪ/
gay in Arabic: مِثْلِيّ (miṯliyy), مِثْلِيَّة (miṯliyya), جيى, جاى (gēy). In English, gay means only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
Arabic words for gay
- homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian
- مِثْلِيّ miṯliyy, مِثْلِيَّة miṯliyya, جيى, جاى gēy, ليزبيان lézbiyan
- homosexual person, especially male — see also lesbian, homosexual, fairy, fag, poof, bender, bugger
- مثلي miṯlī
English meaning of gay
- adjective Only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- adjective Of a man, only romantically and/or sexually attracted to other men.
- adjective Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- adjective Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
gay in a sentence
- Cliff is gay, but his twin brother is straight.
- gay and lesbian people
- Although the number of gay weddings has increased significantly, many gay and lesbian couples — like many straight couples — are not interested in getting married.
Synonyms of gay
gay in other languages
- gay in Hindi
- gay in Tamil
- gay in Marathi
- gay in Urdu
- gay in Bengali
- gay in Telugu
- gay in Malayalam
- gay in Kannada
- gay in Punjabi
- gay in Gujarati
- gay in Odia
- gay in Sanskrit
- gay in Sinhala
- gay in Assamese
- gay in Nepali
- gay in Tagalog
- gay in Malay
- gay in Indonesian
- gay in Persian
- gay in Thai
- gay in Vietnamese
- gay in Myanmar
Questions about gay in Arabic
- What is the meaning of gay in Arabic?
- Gay in Arabic is مِثْلِيّ (miṯliyy), مِثْلِيَّة (miṯliyya), جيى, جاى (gēy).
- ما معنى كلمة gay؟
- Gay: مِثْلِيّ (miṯliyy), مِثْلِيَّة (miṯliyya), جيى, جاى (gēy).
- What does gay mean in English?
- Gay means only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gay (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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