specialist in occult sciences foretelling the future · magus: priest of the Zoroastrian religion, of the Persians and Medes · wise man (one of the three wise men that came from the East to Bethlehem for Jesus Christ)
çekim: çoğul mages
eş: astrologue, devin, marabout, voyant
köken: From Latin magus.
Après une violente dispute avec son mari, elle consulte un mage qui lui prédit un sombre avenir.
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
aile: ajo de bruja, brujería, brujita, caza de brujas, correo de las brujas, embrujar, garza bruja, Noche de Brujas
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ), from Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”), referring to the trances the priests used in their ceremonies.
köken: From Middle Dutch gokelare, from Old Dutch *gokalari, from Proto-West Germanic *kaukulārī, from Latin caucleārius. Equivalent to goochelen + -aar.
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
köken: Either an altered reading from older manyo, possibly to distinguish the senses, or a reanalysis of the term, using the more common reading of jo for the 女 kanji. First attested with this reading in 1910.