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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A feminine or effeminate transgender person or person of a third gender assigned male at birth from Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand. Thailand
2. 2
   A effeminate gay man. Thailand

Synonyms

All synonyms

ladyboyladyboy

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai กะเทย (gà-təəi), from Khmer ខ្ទើយ (khtəəy), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɡɗəəj.

Related phrases

third gender

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