mukhannath

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Etymology

From Arabic مخنث

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. (by extension, in Arab contexts) The receptive partner in homosexual activity.