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bacha bazi

bacha bazi noun: a pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for sexual abuse and/or cross-dressing.

Noun

bacha bazi (uncountable)

  1. A pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for sexual abuse and/or cross-dressing.

Origin of bacha bazi

Persian بچه بازی (literally “boy play”)

Questions about bacha bazi

What does bacha bazi mean?
Bacha bazi means a pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for sexual abuse and/or cross-dressing.
What part of speech is bacha bazi?
Bacha bazi is a noun.

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