hijra

suomi-englanti sanakirja

hijra englanniksi

  1. A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman. (defdate)

  2. {{quote-text|en|year=1993|author=William Dalrymple|title=City of Djinns|page=172|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2004

  3. A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine gender found in India and Pakistan.

  4. 1995, Gayatri Reddy, ''With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India'' (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, & Culture), (ISBN) https://web.archive.org/web/20070529055321/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/16479.ctl:

  5. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane.
  6. {{quote-book|en|year=2011|title=AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India|page=111|isbn=030745472X

  7. (quote-text)

  8. {{quote-book|en|year=2013|title=Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies|page=280|isbn=1135942412

  9. (alternative case form of)

  10. Any similar flight or emigration to a better place.

  11. Emigration from a non-Muslim country to a Muslim one.

  12. (quote-book)