bardash

== English == === Etymology === From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of berdache. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːˈdæʃ/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɑɹˈdæʃ/, /ˈbɑɹˌdæʃ/ Rhymes: -æʃ === Noun === bardash (plural bardashes) A homosexual kept boy or young man; a catamite. Synonyms: gunsel; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual