berdache

Etymology
From, from , perhaps from. .

Noun

 * 1)  Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.

Usage notes
Considered offensive by many Native American communities because of its pejorative and non-American etymology, berdache began to fall out of use in the 1990s; two-spirit and various tribe-specific terms (wergern, etc) are now used instead.

Translations

 * Lakota: wíŋkte
 * Portuguese: berdache
 * Russian:, берда́че

Etymology
From, from , perhaps from.

Noun

 * 1) two-spirit native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender