noun · rare

zenana

zenana · zenanas

Synonym of haremSynonym of harem (“area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way”).

/zəˈnɑːnə/

Meaning

4 senses

(South Asia)Synonym of harem (“area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way”).
(South Asia)Synonym of sissy (“effeminate man”).
(South Asia)Synonym of bottom (“passive partner in male homosexual sex”), especially an effeminate one.
(South Asia)Synonym of trans woman.

Origin

From Hindi ज़नाना (zanānā), Urdu زنانه (zanānah), from Classical Persian زنانه (zanāna, “w

From Hindi ज़नाना (zanānā), Urdu زنانه (zanānah), from Classical Persian زنانه (zanāna, “womanly”), from زن (zan, “woman”). Related to Old English cwene (“woman”). More at quean.

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