Talk:hijra

Synonyms
User:-sche removed these from the entry because they do not seem to be attested in English, but are in the wrong script to simply be moved to the Urdu entry or such:


 * khojá, khunsá, khusrá, khwája-sará (as servant), mukhannas, nawáb (as servant), názir (as servant), zankhá (as dancer)
 * listed in A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province (1911), so may be pejorative or outdated in contemporary usage
 * derogatory: kaurika, kojja (Telugu), pottai (Tamil)
 * from Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India (1999)