hijra

noun (in South Asia, especially India)

1. a person whose gender identity is neither male nor female, typically a person who was born male and dresses as a woman.
2. a person who is transgender or is transitioning to another gender.

noun (sometimes lowercase) Islam.

1. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
2. the Muslim Era itself.

noun

1. (in India) a person who adopts a gender role that is neither male nor female