sworn virgin en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person, assigned female at birth, who adopts a traditional masculine third-gender or transmasculine role in the Balkans, wearing masculine clothing and performing masculine tasks, and traditionally swearing a vow of chastity.
Anila, who prefers to be called Rrok (a male name) […] displays a significant number of the attributes of the more traditional sworn virgins: male attire, short hair, assertive male gestures and a self-confident stride, but his reason for assuming the role is not traditional. […] He explains that it not only gives him freedom to wander around the village; [...]
2012, Andreas Hemming, Gentiana Kera, Enriketa Pandelejmoni, Albania: Family, Society and Culture in the 20th Century, →ISBN, page 172:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sworn, virgin.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sworn virgins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
transgender · genderqueer · non-binary · two-spirit
Translations (17)
sq virgjineshë (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh virdžina (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh тобѐлија (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sq burrneshë (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh tobèlija (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh muškòbanja (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh остајница (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh цура (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sq virgjëreshë (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · de geschworene Jungfrau (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh вирџина (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · de Schwurjungfrau (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh ostajnica (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh мушко̀бања (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · it vergine giurata (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sh cȕra (Kuči) (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans) · sq virgjna (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans)