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हिजडो

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See also: हिजडा, हिजड़ा, and हीजड़ा

Konkani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*hijja, “defective”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-).[1]

Cognates

Cognate with Marathi हिजडा (hij̈ḍā), Hindustani ہِیجڑا (hījṛā) / हिजड़ा (hijṛā), Punjabi ਹਿਜੜਾ (hijṛā), Gujarati હીજડો (hījṛŏ), Bengali হিজড়া (hijṛa).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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हिजडो • (hijḍo) (Latin script izddo, Kannada script ಹಿಜ್ಡೊ)[2][3]

  1. impotent

Noun

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हिजडो • (hijḍo) (Latin script izddo, Kannada script ಹಿಜ್ಡೊ)

  1. hermaphrodite, hijra

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hijja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 814
  2. ^ Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎[1]
  3. ^ Isidore Dantas, Joel D'Souza (2015) Modern English–Konkani Dictionary‎[2], Margao, Goa: Golden Heart Emporium Books, →ISBN, page 154
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