"berdache" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bəˈdaʃ/ [UK], /bəɹˈdæʃ/ [US] Audio: En-us-berdache.ogg [US] Forms: berdaches [plural], berdache [plural]
Rhymes: (US) -æʃ Etymology: From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of bardash. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bardache}} French bardache, {{der|en|it|bardassa}} Italian bardassa, {{der|en|ar|بَرْدَج||slave}} Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”), {{doublet|en|bardash}} Doublet of bardash Head templates: {{en-noun|s|berdache}} berdache (plural berdaches or berdache)
  1. (anthropology, dated, now offensive, ethnic slur) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person. Tags: dated, ethnic, offensive, slur Categories (topical): Anthropology, Gender, People, Transgender Derived forms: berdachism Related terms: transgender, two-spirit, hermaphrodite Translations (Native American who identifies with a gender identity not exclusively corresponding to their biological sex — see also two-spirit): wíŋkte (Lakota), berdache [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), берда́ш (berdáš) [masculine] (Russian), берда́че (berdáče) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)

Noun [French]

Forms: berdaches [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} berdache m (plural berdaches)
  1. Alternative form of bardache Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: bardache
    Sense id: en-berdache-fr-noun--Lbt9bGE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: berdaches [plural]
Etymology: From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|fr|bardache}} French bardache, {{der|pt|it|bardassa}} Italian bardassa, {{der|pt|ar|بَرْدَج||slave}} Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|mfbysense}} berdache m or f by sense (plural berdaches)
  1. two-spirit (native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): LGBT

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  "etymology_text": "From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "berdaches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "berdache m or f by sense (plural berdaches)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese feminine nouns",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns with multiple genders",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from French",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Portuguese terms derived from French",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Italian",
        "pt:LGBT"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two-spirit (native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two-spirit",
          "two-spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "berdache"
}

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