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mukhannaths

mukhannaths is the plural of mukhannath.

Meaning of mukhannath

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.

Questions about mukhannaths

What is mukhannaths the plural of?
Mukhannaths is the plural of mukhannath.

Words near mukhannaths in the dictionary

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

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