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mukhannath

mukhannath noun: an effeminate man in the early Arab world; sometimes a performer of music or dance, etc.

Noun

mukhannath (plural mukhannaths or mukhannathun)

  1. (historical) An effeminate man in the early Arab world; sometimes a performer of music or dance, etc.
  2. (broadly) The receptive partner in homosexual activity.

Forms of mukhannath

pluralmukhannaths
pluralmukhannathun

Origin of mukhannath

Borrowed from Arabic مُخَنَّث (muḵannaṯ).

Questions about mukhannath

What does mukhannath mean?
Mukhannath means an effeminate man in the early Arab world; sometimes a performer of music or dance, etc.
What part of speech is mukhannath?
Mukhannath is a noun.
What is the plural of mukhannath?
The plural of mukhannath is mukhannaths.

Words near mukhannath in the dictionary

  1. Muker
  2. mukes
  3. Mukha
  4. mukhabarat
  5. mukhabarats
  6. mukhannath
  7. mukhannaths
  8. mukhannathun
  9. Mukherjee
  10. Mukherjees
  11. mukhinite

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