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transgender in Arabic

مُتَحَوِّل جِنْس mutaḥawwil jins

UK/tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə//ˌtɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹ/

transgender in Arabic: مُتَحَوِّل جِنْس (mutaḥawwil jins), مُتَحَوِّلَة جِنْس, عَابِر (ʕābir), عَابِرَة (ʕābira). In English, transgender means of a person: having a gender (identity) which is different from one's assigned sex; that is, the identity of a trans man, trans woman, or someone non-binary, for example, agender, bigender, or third-gender.

Arabic words for transgender

of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female
مُتَحَوِّل جِنْس mutaḥawwil jins, مُتَحَوِّلَة جِنْس, عَابِر ʕābir, عَابِرَة ʕābira
transgender person
تَحَوُّل الْجِنْسِيّ taḥawwul al-jinsiyy

English meaning of transgender

  1. adjective Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is different from one's assigned sex; that is, the identity of a trans man, trans woman, or someone non-binary, for example, agender, bigender, or third-gender.
  2. adjective Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is opposite from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male but having a female gender, or vice versa (that is, not including a non-binary identity).
  3. adjective Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to transgender people (adjective sense 1), or their experiences or identity.

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Questions about transgender in Arabic

What is the meaning of transgender in Arabic?
Transgender in Arabic is مُتَحَوِّل جِنْس (mutaḥawwil jins), مُتَحَوِّلَة جِنْس, عَابِر (ʕābir), عَابِرَة (ʕābira).
ما معنى كلمة transgender؟
Transgender: مُتَحَوِّل جِنْس (mutaḥawwil jins), مُتَحَوِّلَة جِنْس, عَابِر (ʕābir), عَابِرَة (ʕābira).
What does transgender mean in English?
Transgender means of a person: having a gender (identity) which is different from one's assigned sex; that is, the identity of a trans man, trans woman, or someone non-binary, for example, agender, bigender, or third-gender.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transgender (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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