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”).
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”))
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.