witch, sorceress · witch, hag (evil and/or ugly woman)
çekim: çoğul Hexen · tamlayan Hexen
eş: Kleine, Bambina, Chica, Fräulein, Bauhexe
köken: From Middle High German hecse, hesse, from Old High German hagazussa, from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā. Cognate with English hag.
aile: Haeckse, hexen, hexenartig, Hexenbesen, Hexenei, Hexeneinmaleins, hexenhaft, Hexenhaus, Hexenhäuschen, Hexenjagd
nag (old, useless horse) · hag, harridan
çekim: çoğul haridelles
köken: Inherited from Old French harer, from hare, from Frankish *hara.
İspanyolca 🔊 bruja (dişil) /ˈbɾuxa/ witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft) · specifically, a Wiccan · crone, hag (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)
çekim: çoğul brujas
eş: bauda, cuaco, garza nocturna coroninegra, garza bruja, gauda, guaco
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
the presents or treats received by children from Befana on the night before Epiphany · a crone or old hag · alternative letter-case form of Befana
çekim: çoğul befane
eş: strega, arpia, megera, carampana, vecchia, Epifania
köken: From Befana, a folkloric figure.
aile: befano
🔊 ricevere la befana
🔊 La mia befana quest'anno è stata misera.
Rusça 🔊 ве́дьма , гры́мза , карга́ , кики́мора , меге́ра , мы́мра
diminutive of bes
çekim: çoğul besjes
witch · an evil woman
çekim: çoğul bruxas
eş: bruaca, canhão, carcaça, cuca, jabiraca, coruja
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”).
aile: bruxaria, vassoura-de-bruxa
Korece 🔊 마귀할멈 /ma̠ɡɥiɦa̠ɭmʌ̹m/ witch, hag (ugly or unpleasant woman)
köken: 마귀(魔鬼) (magwi) + 할멈 (halmeom).
an old woman, an old lady · a woman who looks old · an affectionate form of address to a girl or a young woman
çekim: çoğul gummor · tamlayan gummas
köken: From Old Swedish guma of the same meaning.
aile: gumaktig, krutgumma, pepparkaksgumma
🔊 En rar liten gumma sålde stickade tumvantar på torget
🔊 gubbar och gummor
🔊 Men lilla gumman, hur gick det? Gör det ont?
woman, crone, hag (female person; often one causing problems or one that is old) · grandmother (mother of one's mother or father) · female teacher
çekim: çoğul baby · tamlayan baby
eş: babsztyl, babsko, babka, fajtłapa, boba, bob
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ Proto-Slavic *bàba Old Polish baba Polish baba Inherited from Old Polish baba.
aile: Baba Jaga, baba-chłop, babiarz, babie lato, babimór, babina, babiniec, babizna, babochłop, baboholik
hag, crone (old woman) · woman; wife; hag, witch · queen, bitch
çekim: çoğul akat · tamlayan akan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *akka. Northern Sami áhkku is possibly an old loan from Finnish, explaining the irregular correspondence of -a- to -á-.
aile: akallinen, akaton, akkamainen, Akkanen, akkautua, akoittua, akankaali, akankanto, akansieni, akantappaja
🔊 hertta-akka
an old woman, a crone · grandmother
çekim: çoğul báby · tamlayan báby
eş: babka, bábina, babka, baba, babice, babizna
köken: Inherited from Old Czech bába, baba, from Proto-Slavic *baba.
aile: porodní bába, slepá bába
Rumence 🔊 babă , baborniță , cotoroanță (dişil) /ˈba.bə/ old woman · grandmother · midwife
çekim: çoğul babe · tamlayan babe
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic баба (baba), from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).
Macarca 🔊 banya , nyanya , szipirtyó /ˈbɒɲɒ/ hag, harridan, witch · grandmother
çekim: çoğul banyák
köken: First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) + anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).
Latince 🔊 anus (eril) /ˈaː.nʊs/ a ring · an anus
çekim: çoğul ānī · tamlayan ānī
köken: From Proto-Italic *ānos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish áinne (from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”)), Old Armenian անուր (anur, “ring, necklace”).
aile: ānālis, ānulāris, ānulārius, ānulus
Vietnamca 🔊 con mẹ /kɔn˧˧ mɛ˧˨ʔ/ Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see con, mẹ.
köken: con (“son”) + mẹ (“mother”).
🔊 "Đây là con Mẹ." (Ga. 19, 26–27)
grandmother
çekim: çoğul àvies
köken: Inherited from Latin avia. Feminine counterpart to avi.
aile: besàvia
Galiçyaca 🔊 lurpia (dişil) /ˈluɾpjɐ/ hag, witch · slut; hag; bitch; meddler
çekim: çoğul lurpias
köken: Unknown. Compare Portuguese lorpa, French lourpidon.
🔊 Espello de Diputados, donde se deben mirar eses lurpias enmeigados, que quixeren diputar,
old woman, hag · witch · old dear, old girl
çekim: çoğul cailleacha · tamlayan caillí
köken: From Old Irish caillech (“nun, elderly woman”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Cognate with Manx caillagh.
aile: beacán na caillí, cailleach an ghiodail, cailleach an uafáis, cailleach bhasctha, cailleach bheag, cailleach bhreac, cailleach bhréagach, cailleach chneasta, cailleach chrainn, cailleach dharach
🔊 Macha the Owl Witch
Makedonca 🔊 ве́штерка , ста́рица