Hijra (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun (in South Asia, especially India)
  1. a person whose gender identity is neither male nor female, typically a person who was assigned male at birth but whose gender expression is female.
  2. a person who is transgender.
noun (sometimes lowercase)Islam.
  1. the flight 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.
noun
  1. (in India) a person who adopts a gender role that is neither male nor female
Hijra (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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