Tanım
•two-spirit (native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender)
Diğer Dillerde
berdache (third-gender Native (North) American) · passive homosexual
çekim: çoğul bardaches
eş: deux-esprits, bispirituel, bispirituelle
köken: Earlier bredaiche, borrowed from Italian bardassa, from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “captive”), from Persian بَرْدَه (“slave, captive”).
Etimoloji
From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).