Where does “همجنس‌گرا” come from?

همجنس‌گرا (Persian) comes from Persian ـگرا — a non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in.

همجنس‌گرا (Persian): homosexual

Definitions

  1. homosexual

Ancestry of “همجنس‌گرا”, step by step

همجنس‌گرا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـگرا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگراa non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in

via Persian هم‌جنس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهم‌جنس

Words derived from “همجنس‌گرا

Every word from Persian ـگرا