1. bissu (Bugis): Ritual intersex - role among the Muslim Bugis of Sulawesi
2. calabai (Bugis): Bugis term for "male borns" who dress and feel feminine
3. calalai (Bugis): Bugis term for "female borns" who dress and feel male
4. hanisi (Ki-Swahili): East - African version of "khanith"
5. hijra (Urdu): In India, Pakistan and Bangladesh this term encompasses "mukhannath"
and "khuntha"; "third gender" role of the Indian Subcontinent
6. intersexed, intersexual: Someone born with physical characteristics of both sexes
7. khanith (Arabian): Folk - term for "mukhannath" and "khuntha"; meaning a third
gender role on the Southern Arabian peninsula ("male borns"
living a feminine life)
8. khuntha (Arabian): intersexed human, hermaphrodite, sometimes used interchangeably
with "mukhannath"
9. khusra (Punjabi): Punjabi word for "hijra", widely used in Pakistan
10. k�cek (Turkish): "male born" in Ottoman times who danced in feminine ways,
wearing a feminine type of clothing, often a "muhannes"
11. lubunya (Turkish slang): self designation of Istanbul`s male to female transgenders,
from Slavic liubima ("darling", feminine)
12. lubunyaca (Turkish slang): An argot used by the "lubunyalar" of Istanbul, combines
Turkish, Slavic and Romani - Gypsy vocabulary on the
base of a largely Turkish grammar
13. muhannes (Turkish): Turkish version of "mukhannath"
14. mukhannath (Arabian): "effeminate, not clearly male"; a "male born" feeling, behaving
and ususally also dressing like a female, connected to
"khuntha" , often used interchangeably with it; muslim
medieval equivalent to male to female transgenders
15. (s.a.s.) (Arab): sallallahu alaihi wa salam - may God bestow peace and blessings upon
him (the noble Prophet)
16. third gender: A term used often in anthropology to describe gender roles in non
european cultures which transgress the boundaries of male and female
17. transgender: Someone whose existence transgresses the usual boundaries of "male"
and "female" in modern western culture
18. transsexual: Most well known transgender type, someone whose gender identity does
not correspond to his/her biological sex, but fully corresponds to its
opposit ("female trapped in a male body", vice versa)
19. waria (Javanese): Traditional male to female "third gender role" in Javanese muslim
society
20. xanith (Arabian): Alternative spelling of "khanith"
21. yan daudu (Hausa): A third gender role in the folk - islamic - african "bori" cult
in West Africa
22. zenne (Turkish): A male born performing the role of a woman on stage or while
dancing; often, though not always, a "muhannes