a wizard · a horsetail (tall fern with leaves resembling pine needles)
çekim: çoğul eunjers
eş: unger, unjer, heks, tovenaar, geest, spook
köken: Often related to Ungaar, Hungaar (equivalent to modern Hongaar), meaning "Hungarian", but recent etymologists have cast doubt upon this etymology. A connection to Middle Dutch onghehier (“monstrosity; monstrous”) (modern onguur) has been proposed.
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”).
köken: Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (uajjhāa), 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ujjhāa), from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher [of the Vedas]”). Notably borrowed into Middle Chinese 和尚 (MC hwa|hwaH dzyang|dzyangH, “high priest, head monk”). Doublet of उपाध्याय (upādhyāy) and ख़्वाजा (xvājā).
witch (person who uses magic) · witch, hag (an older, and stereotypically unsightly, woman who uses magic) · a person, such as a sage or shaman, with perceived supernatural powers
çekim: çoğul noidat · tamlayan noidan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *noita (“shaman”) (compare Estonian nõid), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *nojta (compare Northern Sami noaidi (“shaman”)).