خنيث‎ khanith مُخَنَّث mukhannath http://homosaurus.org/v2/mukhannathun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhannathun https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3333006 مُخَنَّثُون "Mukhannath" is the singular; "mukhannathun" is the plural. "Mukhannath" overlaps in many ways with the more contemporary vernacular Arabic term "khanith". "Mukhannathun" translates literally as "effeminate ones" or "men who resemble women". A classical Arabic term used mostly to identify a "man" perceived as feminine. During the Rashidun era and first half of the Umayyad era, they were strongly associated with music and entertainment. During the Abbasid caliphate, the word itself was used as a descriptor for men employed as dancers, musicians, or comedians. In later eras, the term mukhannath was associated with the receptive partner in gay sexual practices, an association that has persisted into the modern day. mukhannathun muḵannaṯ muḵannaṯa muḵannaṯāt muḵannaṯūn