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ashtime

ashtime noun: among the Maale people of Ethiopia, a male transvestite serving in the king's court, regarded as a third gender.

Noun

ashtime (plural ashtime)

  1. Among the Maale people of Ethiopia, a male transvestite serving in the king's court, regarded as a third gender.
    • There were, as I have pointed out, three genders in traditional Maale: atinke, lali, and ashtime. Male, female, and transvestite.1999, Donald L. Donham, History, Power, Ideology, page 106

Forms of ashtime

pluralashtime

Questions about ashtime

What does ashtime mean?
Ashtime means among the Maale people of Ethiopia, a male transvestite serving in the king's court, regarded as a third gender.
What part of speech is ashtime?
Ashtime is a noun.
What is the plural of ashtime?
The plural of ashtime is ashtime.

Words near ashtime in the dictionary

  1. Ashtavaidya
  2. Ashtavaidyas
  3. Ashtavakra
  4. Ashtead
  5. ashthroat
  6. ashtime
  7. Ashton
  8. Ashton Gate
  9. Ashton Hayes
  10. Ashton Keynes
  11. Ashton Moss

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