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Hijra Farsi

Hijra Farsi proper noun: a Hindustani-based cant spoken by Muslim hijra and kothi communities in North India and Pakistan.

Proper noun

Hijra Farsi

  1. A Hindustani-based cant spoken by Muslim hijra and kothi communities in North India and Pakistan.
    • The Farsi that hijras speak has nothing in common with the Farsi spoken by speakers of the Persian language and dialects. Hijra Farsi has more in common with the various codeswitching of communities of sexual minorities across the world.2022 November 28, Vaibhav Saria, Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Hijra Farsi meaning in Urdu

Hijra Farsi in Urdu

Hijra Farsi
فارسی fārsī

Questions about Hijra Farsi

What does Hijra Farsi mean?
Hijra Farsi means a Hindustani-based cant spoken by Muslim hijra and kothi communities in North India and Pakistan.
What is Hijra Farsi in Urdu?
Hijra Farsi in Urdu is فارسی (fārsī). See Hijra Farsi meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Hijra Farsi?
Hijra Farsi is a proper noun.

Words near Hijra Farsi in the dictionary

  1. Hijiri
  2. Hijiris
  3. HIJMS
  4. Hijo
  5. hijra
  6. Hijra Farsi
  7. hijrah
  8. hijrahs
  9. hijras
  10. Hijri
  11. hijāb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hijra Farsi (page history and authors); فارسی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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