Shaman
//ˈʃɑːmən//
Translations of "shaman" (129 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akurio | piyahi(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Amis | cikawasay(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Apalaí | pyaxi(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Arabic | شَامَان(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), عَرَّاف(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), كَاهِن(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | šāmān, ʕarrāf, kāhin | |
| Armenian | շաման(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | šaman | |
| Awetí | paié(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | şaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Bakairí | pyaji(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Basque | xaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Belarusian | зна́хар(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шама́н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | znáxar, šamán | |
| Bengali | ওঝা(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | ōjha | |
| Bulgarian | влъ́хва(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шама́н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | vlǎ́hva, šamán | |
| Buryat | бөө(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | böö | |
| Canela | caj(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Carijona | hiyači(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Catalan | xaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Chamicuro | kapunutakajpola(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 巫(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), 巫師 /巫师(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), 巫醫 /巫医(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), 薩滿 /萨满(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | wū, wūshī, wūyī, sàmǎn | |
| Classical Mongolian | ᠪᠥ᠋ᠭᠡ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | böge | |
| Corsican | mazzeru(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Czech | šaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Danish | shaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), vølve(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Daur | yadgeng(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Dogrib | díge'jon(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Dolgan | ойун(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | oyun | |
| Dutch | bonuman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), lukuman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), piai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), piaiman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), sjamaan(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Esperanto | ŝamanino(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), ŝamano(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Estonian | nõid(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Even | хама̄н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | hamān | |
| Evenki | сама̄н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), хама̄н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шама̄н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | samān, hamān, şamān | |
| Eyak | xiil(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Faroese | shamanur(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Finnish | poppamies(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), šamaani(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| French | chaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), chamane(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), chamane(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), shaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), shamane(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Friulian | benandant(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Galician | xamán(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Georgian | შამანი(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | šamani | |
| German | Schamane(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), Schamanin(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Greek | ιατρομάντης(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), σαμάν(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), σαμάνος(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | iatromántis, samán, samános | |
| Greenlandic | angakkoq(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Hebrew | שמאן(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), שמאנית(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | shaman, shamanit | |
| Hindi | ओझा(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), शामन(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | ojhā, śāman | |
| Hungarian | sámán(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), táltos(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Icelandic | völva(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Igbo | dibị̀à(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Indonesian | dukun(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | angatkoq | |
| Inuvialuktun | angatkuq(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Italian | sciamana(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), sciamano(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Japanese | シャーマン(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | shāman | |
| Kalmyk | бө(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | bö | |
| Kanakanabu | 'ʉrʉvʉ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Kari'na | pyjai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Karok | xus'úmaan(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Kazakh | бақсы(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | baqsy | |
| Ket | сенаң(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | senaŋ | |
| Khmer | គ្រូហ្ម(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | kruu maa | |
| Korean | 무당(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), 샤먼(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | mudang, syameon | |
| Kuikúro | hüati(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Kyrgyz | бакшы(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шаман(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | bakşı, şaman | |
| Latin | samānus(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Lule Sami | noajdde(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Maasai | ɔl-aibóni(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Macedonian | ша́ман(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | šáman | |
| Malay | pawang(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Manchu | ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠨ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | saman | |
| Mapudungun | machi(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Mongolian | бөө(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), удган(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | böö, udgan | |
| Nanai | саман(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | saman | |
| Nandi | orkoiyo(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Narragansett | powwáw(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Navajo | hataałii(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Nootka | ʔuštaqyuu(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Northeast Maidu | jòmí(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Northern Sami | noaidi(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sjaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), volve(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sjaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), volve(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Old Norse | vǫlva(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Orok | сама(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | sama | |
| Paiwan | malada(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Pemon | piyai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Persian | شمن(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | šaman | |
| Pökoot | werkoiyon(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Polish | szaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), szamanka(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), wołchw(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Portuguese | xamane(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), xamã(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Puyuma | temararamaw(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Quechua | jampiri(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Romanian | șaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Russian | волхв(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), зна́харь(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шама́н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шама́нка(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | volxv, znáxarʹ, šamán, šamánka | |
| Saaroa | 'ʉlʉvʉ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Selk'nam | xon(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | krsnik(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), šaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), здухаћ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шаман(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | zduhać | |
| Shipibo-Conibo | unaya(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Shor | қам(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | qam | |
| Shoshone | puhakantɨn(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Shuar | uwishín(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Slovene | volh(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Southern Altai | кам(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | kam | |
| Southern Sami | nåejttie(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Spanish | chamana(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), chamán(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), curandera(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), curandero(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), shamana(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), shamán(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | bonuman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), dresiman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), lukuman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), obiaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), piai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), piaiman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Swedish | schaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), völva(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Tajik | азоимхон(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шаман(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | azoyimxon, šaman | |
| Tanacross | deyenenh(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Thai | คนทรง(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), คนทรงเจ้า(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), คนทรงเจ้าเข้าผี(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), ร่างทรง(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | kon-song, râang-song | |
| Tibetan | ནུས་ཐུ་མ(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | nus thu ma | |
| Tlingit | íx̱t’(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Tofa | һам(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | ham | |
| Trió | pïjai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Tsou | yoifo(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Tundra Nenets | тадебя(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | tadyebya | |
| Turkish | bakşı(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), kam(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), şaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Turkmen | porhan(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), şaman(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Tuvan | хам(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | xam | |
| Ukrainian | знаха́р(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), шама́н(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | znaxár, šamán | |
| Uyghur | باخشى(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | baxshi | |
| Uzbek | baxshi(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), shomon(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), somon(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Vietnamese | thầy pháp(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), thầy đồng(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Waiwai | yaskomo(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Wayampi | paye(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Wayana | pïjai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| White Hmong | neeb(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), txiv neeb(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Xhosa | igqirha(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Yakut | ойуун(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | oyuun | |
| Yámana | yekamush(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Yao (South America) | peeai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds), peeiai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Ye'kwana | jüwai(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Yup'ik | angalkuq(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — | |
| Zulu | isangoma(spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | — |
piyahi
cikawasay
pyaxi
paié
şaman
pyaji
xaman
caj
hiyači
xaman
kapunutakajpola
mazzeru
šaman
shaman, vølve
yadgeng
díge'jon
bonuman, lukuman, piai, piaiman, sjamaan
ŝamanino, ŝamano
nõid
xiil
shamanur
poppamies, šamaani
chaman, chamane, chamane, shaman, shamane
benandant
xamán
Schamane, Schamanin
angakkoq
sámán, táltos
völva
dibị̀à
dukun
angatkuq
sciamana, sciamano
'ʉrʉvʉ
pyjai
xus'úmaan
hüati
samānus
noajdde
ɔl-aibóni
pawang
machi
orkoiyo
powwáw
hataałii
ʔuštaqyuu
jòmí
noaidi
sjaman, volve
sjaman, volve
vǫlva
malada
piyai
werkoiyon
szaman, szamanka, wołchw
xamane, xamã
temararamaw
jampiri
șaman
'ʉlʉvʉ
xon
unaya
puhakantɨn
uwishín
volh
nåejttie
chamana, chamán, curandera, curandero, shamana, shamán
bonuman, dresiman, lukuman, obiaman, piai, piaiman
schaman, völva
deyenenh
íx̱t’
pïjai
yoifo
bakşı, kam, şaman
porhan, şaman
baxshi, shomon, somon
thầy pháp, thầy đồng
yaskomo
paye
pïjai
neeb, txiv neeb
igqirha
yekamush
peeai, peeiai
jüwai
angalkuq
isangoma
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