jinsia

Swahili

Etymology

Seemingly from Arabic جِنْسِيَّة (jinsiyya), although جِنْس (jins) (whence Swahili jinsi) is the usual word for "gender".

Pronunciation

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Noun

jinsia class IX (plural jinsia class X)

  1. gender (identification as a man, a woman, or something else)

Derived terms

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