female equivalent of Magier
çekim: çoğul Magierinnen · tamlayan Magierinnen
eş: Zauberin, Illusionskünstlerin, Zauberkünstlerin
köken: From Magier + -in.
witch, sorceress
çekim: çoğul sorcières
köken: From sorcier + -ière.
aile: chasse aux sorcières, herbe aux sorcières, herbe des sorcières, rond de sorcière
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
İtalyanca 🔊 strega (dişil) /ˈstre.ɡa/ witch, hag
çekim: çoğul streghe
eş: maga, fattucchiera, incantatrice, lammia, astrologa, cartomante
köken: From Latin strīga, from strix, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Portuguese estria and Romanian strigă.
aile: stregaccia, stregare, stregheria, stregone, stregoneria
🔊 una caccia alle streghe
Rusça 🔊 ве́дьма , волше́бница , колду́нья , чароде́йка
wizardess, witch, sorceress · magician
çekim: çoğul tovenaressen
köken: From tovenaar (“wizard, magician”) + -es (“-ess”).
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
witch, sorceress
çekim: çoğul μάγισσες · tamlayan μάγισσας
aile: κυνήγι μαγισσών
Japonca 🔊 女魔術師 , 魔女 /ma̠ʑo̞/ a witch, a sorceress
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.
🔊 天使になる運命を背負っていたが、あこがれの魔女になった天使。
🔊 魔女よ、この呪いを解け。でなければ道連れにしてやる。
witch, sorceress
köken: Sino-Korean word from 魔女
female equivalent of czarodziej (“wizard”)
çekim: çoğul czarodziejki · tamlayan czarodziejki
eş: czarowniczka
köken: Etymology tree Polish czarodziej Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish czarodziejka From czarodziej + -ka.
Ukraynaca 🔊 чарівни́ця , чароді́йка , чароді́йниця
witch, sorceress
çekim: çoğul जादूगरनियाँ
köken: From जादूगर (jādūgar, “magician”) + -नी (-nī).
A sorceress, wizardess.
çekim: çoğul velhottaret · tamlayan velhottaren
köken: velho + -tar
alternative form of čarodějnice
çekim: çoğul čarodějky · tamlayan čarodějky
köken: čaroděj + -ka.
fascinating
köken: Present participle of fascinō.
female wizard, witch
çekim: çoğul troldkvinder · tamlayan troldkvindes
köken: From trold (“magic”) + kvinde (“woman”).
Bulgarca 🔊 магьосница , чароде́йка
Slovakça 🔊 čarodejka , kúzelníčka
witch (person who uses magic)
çekim: çoğul čarôvnice · tamlayan čarôvnice
magician, sorceress, witch; female equivalent of burvis
çekim: çoğul burves · tamlayan burves
köken: From burvis (“magician, sorcerer, wizard”) + -e.
Ermenice 🔊 կախարդուհի , վհուկ /vəˈhuk/ magician, sorcerer, wizard; witch · evil woman, vixen, hag, witch
çekim: çoğul վհուկներ
köken: From Old Armenian վհուկ (vhuk); see below.
wizardess
çekim: çoğul magiistinoj
köken: From magiisto (“wizard, magician”) [from magio (“magic”) + -isto (“professional”)] + -ino (“female”).
sorceress, witch
çekim: çoğul волшебнички
köken: From волшебник (volšebnik, “wizard, sorcerer”) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *vъlšьba.
Yidiş 🔊 מכשפֿה , מכשפֿטע (dişil) /maχˈʃɛɪ̯fə/ witch
köken: From Hebrew מְכַשֵּׁפָה (mekhashefá).
Sanskritçe 🔊 कृत्यका , डाकिनी , मायाविनी , यातुमती f. कुहकिनी (dişil) /ɖɑː.ki.niː/ a female imp who feeds on human flesh
çekim: çoğul डाकिन्यः · tamlayan डाकिन्याः
🔊 c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa