Khanith (also spelled Khaneeth or referred to as Xanith; Arabic: خنيث, romanized: khanīth) denotes a person assigned male at birth who occupies an intermediate "third gender" between male and female.
Etymology
The term stems from the Arabian Peninsula, primarily in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. It contains the same root as "mukhannathun" (Arabic: مخنث, romanized: mukhannath), meaning "effeminate".
See also
- Khawal
- LGBT in the Middle East
- List of transgender-related topics
- List of LGBT slang terms
Bibliography
- Roscoe, Will; Murray, Stephan (1997). Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature (illustrated ed.). New York University Press. ISBN 9780814774687. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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