köken: Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*hijja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), whence हीज (hīj, “defective; cowardly”). Some have suggested a formation from Arabic ه ج ر (h j r) but this derivation is implausible due to the widespread cognates of this term. Cognate with Punjabi ਹਿਜੜਾ (hijṛā) / ہجڑا (hijṛā), Gujarati હીજડો (hījḍo), Marathi हिजडा (hij̈ḍā), Bengali হিজড়া (hijoṛa), Odia…
köken: From Latin androgynus, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos, “hermaphrodite”).
Etimoloji
From Latin androgynus (“hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος (andrógunos, “eunuch”), from ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”).