hijran.²

Brit.

/ˈhɪdʒrə/, U.S.

/ˈhɪdʒrə/

Inflections: Plural hijras, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– hijra, 1900s– hijada, 1900s– hijara, 1900s– hijda, 1900s– hijira. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi hijṛā.

Etymology: < Hindi hijṛā eunuch (also as adjective in sense ‘impotent’), perhaps (via Marathi and Oriya) < Kannada heṇṇiga impotent man, coward, ultimately < Tamil peṇṭan hermaphrodite, eunuch, masculine form corresponding to peṇṭu woman.

In South Asia, esp. India. Originally: a eunuch, esp. one who dresses as a woman (now chiefly historical). Now usually: a person whose birth sex is male but who identifies as female, or as neither male nor female.Hijras constitute a distinct cultural group, and are traditionally considered neither male nor female.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothes associated with opposite sex > person

berdache1806

hijra1838

she-male1842

female impersonator1857

transvestite1911

Eonist1928

transvestist1928

transvestitist1930

drag queen1941

moffie1960

TV1960

shim1973

cross-dresser1976

tranny1979

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person

geldinga1382

eunuchc1430

spadoc1430

chastelinga1570

capon1594

castrate1639

spade1680

wether1724

demi-male1728

androgyne1742

castrato1763

hijra1838

emasculate1886

half-man-

1838 R. M. Martin Hist. E. India II. i. iii. 113 Eleven companies of Hijras or eunuchs, may be placed in the same class, as they are mendicants.

1896 W. Crooke Tribes & Castes North-west. Provinces & Oudh II. 495 Formerly when a deformed boy was born in a family the Hijras of the neighbourhood used to beset the parents and endeavour to obtain possession of him.

1960 Amer. Anthropologist 62 506 Once they have joined the hijarā..they do not retain caste distinctions.

1985 S. Nanda in E. Blackwood Anthropol. & Homosexual Behavior (1986) 35 Hijras traditionally earn their living by collecting alms and receiving payment for performances at weddings, births and festivals.

1997 Sunday Tel. 18 May (Rx Mag.) 37/2 Some hijras are castratees, some partway down the surgical road to femalehood, others are simply men dressed in women's clothes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hijra
释义	hijran.² Brit. /ˈhɪdʒrə/, U.S. /ˈhɪdʒrə/ Inflections: Plural hijras, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– hijra, 1900s– hijada, 1900s– hijara, 1900s– hijda, 1900s– hijira. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi hijṛā. Etymology: < Hindi hijṛā eunuch (also as adjective in sense ‘impotent’), perhaps (via Marathi and Oriya) < Kannada heṇṇiga impotent man, coward, ultimately < Tamil peṇṭan hermaphrodite, eunuch, masculine form corresponding to peṇṭu woman. In South Asia, esp. India. Originally: a eunuch, esp. one who dresses as a woman (now chiefly historical). Now usually: a person whose birth sex is male but who identifies as female, or as neither male nor female.Hijras constitute a distinct cultural group, and are traditionally considered neither male nor female. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothes associated with opposite sex > person berdache1806 hijra1838 she-male1842 female impersonator1857 transvestite1911 Eonist1928 transvestist1928 transvestitist1930 drag queen1941 moffie1960 TV1960 shim1973 cross-dresser1976 tranny1979 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person geldinga1382 eunuchc1430 spadoc1430 chastelinga1570 capon1594 castrate1639 spade1680 wether1724 demi-male1728 androgyne1742 castrato1763 hijra1838 emasculate1886 half-man- 1838 R. M. Martin Hist. E. India II. i. iii. 113 Eleven companies of Hijras or eunuchs, may be placed in the same class, as they are mendicants. 1896 W. Crooke Tribes & Castes North-west. Provinces & Oudh II. 495 Formerly when a deformed boy was born in a family the Hijras of the neighbourhood used to beset the parents and endeavour to obtain possession of him. 1960 Amer. Anthropologist 62 506 Once they have joined the hijarā..they do not retain caste distinctions. 1985 S. Nanda in E. Blackwood Anthropol. & Homosexual Behavior (1986) 35 Hijras traditionally earn their living by collecting alms and receiving payment for performances at weddings, births and festivals. 1997 Sunday Tel. 18 May (Rx Mag.) 37/2 Some hijras are castratees, some partway down the surgical road to femalehood, others are simply men dressed in women's clothes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1838
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