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Hijra
hijra (ˈhɪdʒrə) n(in India) a person who adopts a gender role that is neither male nor female[Urdu: eunuch]Hij•ra or Hij•rah (ˈhɪdʒ rə) also Hegira
n. (sometimes l.c.) 1. the journey of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution A.D. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era. 2. the Muslim Era itself. [1840–50; < Arabic hijrah flight, departure] TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeHegiraHijra
A female impersonator or gynaemimetic in the Indian subcontinent, who may have had partial surgical sex reassignment. Hijras belong to a traditional social organisation, part cult and part caste; they worship the goddess Bahuchara Mata. Their sexuoerotic role is that of female with men |