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noun
Synonym of harem (“area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia
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Synonyms: harem
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of sissy (“effeminate man”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia
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Synonyms: sissy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of bottom (“passive partner in male homosexual sex”), especially an effeminate one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia
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Synonyms: bottom
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of trans woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia
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Synonyms: trans woman
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Hindi ज़नाना (zanānā), Urdu زنانه (zanānah), from Classical Persian زنانه (zanāna, “womanly”), from زن (zan, “woman”). Related to Old English cwene (“woman”). More at quean.
