词汇 | bardash |
词源 | bardash. A bardash is a male prostitute, or “a catamite,” in the definition of the O.E.D. First recorded in 1548, the word may be an adaption of the Arabic bardaj, “slave.” In 1760 a magazine spoke of the practice of “Publikely maintaining bar- dassaes and concubines.” Berdache is an alternate spelling. |
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