Xanith
Xanith, also written as "khanith" is a vernacular Arabic term for both "mukhannath" and "khuntha". "Mukhannath" refers to individuals with
a gender identity that is discordant with their visible sexual organs. They are characterized as "effeminate", "not clearly male," and as people who was
"born as a male" and who nevertheless feel, behave, and (in most cases) dress like a female. "Khuntha" refers to intersexed human beings.
John Money summarizes material presented by U. Wiktan in an article entitled "Man becomes woman: Transsexualism in Oman as a key to
gender roles." (Man (N.S.) 12:304-319, 1977.) According to that account, the xanith (pronounced hanith) is the List of transgender-related topics
