placeholder name used on samples and forms: John Q. Public, John Doe (but not used in legal contexts)
eş: Hans Meier, Otto Normalverbraucher
köken: Max (common German given name) + Mustermann (placeholder surname, literally “Sampleman, Exampleman”).
Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow, Joe Average
Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so
eş: citano, perencejo, mishule, amante, querido
köken: Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלני.
🔊 Fulano, Mengano y Zutano
🔊 Fulano de Tal
a common surname
eş: maniscalchi, magnani, ramai, calderai, creatori, artefici
разг. неизвестно кто; какой-либо человек (нарицательное имя-экземплификант, используемое в качестве обозначения неизвестной, анонимной или произвольной личности)
eş: имярек, Пушкин, Джон Доу, Пупкин
goldsmith
çekim: çoğul زرگرها
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (zlykl /zarr(ī)gar/, “goldsmith”). By surface analysis, زر (zarr, “gold”) + ـگر (-gar, “-er”).
aile: جنگ زرگری, زرگری
🔊 نبض جست و روی سرخ و زرد شد کز سمرقندی زرگر فرد شد
a smith, who forges metal · the tree frog species Boana faber, whose call resounds like a smith's hammer coming down
çekim: çoğul smeden
köken: From Middle Dutch smit, from Old Dutch *smith, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.
aile: ankersmid, blanksmid, edelsmid, goudsmid, grofsmid, hoefsmid, kachelsmid, kleinsmid, kopersmid, lullensmid
a toponym indicating the presence of a iron mine; · a parish of Paços de Ferreira, Portugal · a parish of Paredes de Coura, Portugal
çekim: çoğul ferreiras
köken: Inherited from Latin ferrāria (“iron mine”). Compare Spanish Herrera.
aile: Ferreira de Aves, Ferreira do Alentejo, Ferreira do Zêzere, Paços de Ferreira
blacksmith, ironsmith
çekim: çoğul σιδεράδες · tamlayan σιδερά
eş: σιδηρουργός
köken: from σίδερο n (sídero, “iron”)
John Doe, Jane Doe; a generic placeholder name in legal documents
köken: Hong Gildong is the protagonist of the classic Korean novel Hong Gildong jeon.
N.N.; used as a substitute for an unknown name or one that the writer wishes not to reveal.
köken: Derived from Latin nōmen nesciō (“I do not know the name”).
smith, blacksmith
çekim: çoğul ковалі́ · tamlayan коваля́
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovàľь. By surface analysis, кований (kovanyj) + -аль (-alʹ).
aile: кова́льня, кова́льство, кова́льський, ковалюва́ти
blacksmith
çekim: çoğul लोहारों
köken: Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀭 (lohāra), from Sanskrit लोहकार (lohakāra).
John Doe, Joe Average, Joe Public (hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man)
Çekçe 🔊 Kovář (eril) /ˈkovaːr̝̊/ smith
çekim: çoğul kováři · tamlayan kováře
köken: Inherited from Old Czech kovář. By surface analysis, kovat (“to forge”) + -ář.
aile: kovářství
a surname originating as an occupation
köken: From fierar.
a surname originating as an occupation for a smith; one of the most common surnames in Hungary.
çekim: çoğul kovácsok
köken: Common Slavic surname of Slovene, Czech, Slovak, and Serbo-Croatian origin, all from kovač (“smith”).
aile: Kovácspéter
excessive spelling of פְּלֹנִי
smith (craftsperson who works metal)
çekim: çoğul smede · tamlayan smeds
köken: From Old Norse smiðr, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz. Compare Icelandic smiður, German Schmied, Dutch smid, English smith.
aile: guldsmed, kobbersmed, sølvsmed, våbensmed
John Doe (unknown or anonymous male person)
köken: Nguyễn + Văn + A (letter).
blacksmith
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovačь, from *kovati.
aile: každý je kováčom svojho šťastia, kováčstvo
smith
köken: From Proto-Slavic *kovačь, from *kovati.
aile: Kovačič