bardassa

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /barˈdas.sa/ Rhymes: -assa Hyphenation: bar‧dàs‧sa === Noun === bardassa m or f by sense (masculine plural bardassi, feminine plural bardasse) (literary, derogatory) young prostitute (regardless of gender) Synonyms: cinedo, bagascia (literary, derogatory) brat, kid (regardless of gender) Synonyms: ragazzaccio, giovinastro Quel ragazzo è una bardassa! ― That boy is a berdache! (dialectal, especially in Lombardy) a young boy or girl (cf. "bardassuola"; "ragazzino") ==== Usage notes ==== Always conjugated in the grammatically feminine sense, even when referring to a male. ==== Derived terms ==== bardassaccia bardassone bardassuola ==== Descendants ==== → French: bardache→ English: bardash, berdache→ Portuguese: berdache === Further reading === bardassa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana