köken: From Middle High German kobe (“shed, sty”) (modern Koben) + *holt (“goblin”), from hold (“friendly, gracious”), a euphemistic way of referring to the mischievous beings, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“inclined, favorable”). Related to Dutch kabouter. Typologically compare with English the good folk.
elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon) · red sprite
çekim: çoğul farfadets
eş: sylphe rouge, sprite
köken: From Occitan farfadet, from fadet, by addition of the expressive affix particle far- → see farfouiller,[1] with influence from Italian farfarello or Arabic فرفار, farfar ("inconsistent, fickle"), from farfara ("to agitate, stir")[2][3].
a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents · goblin, leprechaun, gnome, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin · charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
çekim: çoğul duendes
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.
a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents · any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one · Christmas elf (an elf that assists Santa Claus with the making, wrapping, delivery, etc., of presents)
çekim: çoğul duendes
köken: Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
köken: Inherited from Old Swedish vætter, vǣter, from Old Norse véttr, vétr, vættr, vætr, vítr, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz. Since Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts) and Old Saxon wiht both mean "thing", it is probable that the word was originally a euphemism. Cognate of English wight. Doublet of vittra.
holder, occupant (one who occupies a position) (often used in compound terms) · possessor, occupant (one who has control over, but not necessarily legal ownership of, an item of fixed or movable property) · bearer (one who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment)
çekim: çoğul haltijat · tamlayan haltijan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *haltija(s), borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*haldijaʀ, “holder”). The -ija in the modern spelling is by influence from -ja (and words derived with it). Cognate with Estonian haldjas.
köken: Uncertain; possibly from a reduction of agheasmă (“holy water”) (cf. the variant aiasmă), in that it was believed to ward off apparitions, and is thus used euphemistically; compare the expressions cruce-n casă or bată-l crucea, which refer to the Devil. Other proposed etymologies are less likely, such as Slavic jazva ("wound"), old German ethma ("spirit").
köken: Inherited from Malay hantu, from Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. * False cognate of English haunt (typically misunderstood in sense of rumah hantu (“haunted house”) or in verb sense menghantui (“to haunt”))
dwarf (creature from folklore) · dwarf, midget (person or creature suffering from dwarfism)
çekim: çoğul джудже́та
köken: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جوجه (cüce), from Classical Persian جوجه (jūja), interpreted as *-ę stem diminutive noun. Cognate with Macedonian џу́џе (džúdže).