Witch
//wɪt͡ʃ//
Translations of "witch" (152 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | арупап(person who uses magic) | arupʼapʼ | |
| Adyghe | нэгъучӏыцэ(person who uses magic), уды(person who uses magic) | nɛğʷuĉʼəcɛ, wudə | |
| Afrikaans | heks(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Albanian | shtrigë(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), yshtëse(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | φαρμακίς(person who uses magic) | pharmakís | |
| Arabic | سَاحِرَة(person who uses magic) | sāḥira | |
| Aramaic | חרשתא(person who uses magic), ܚܪܫܬܐ(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Armenian | կախարդ(person who uses magic), վհուկ(person who uses magic), վհուկ(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | kaxard, vhuk, vhuk | |
| Asturian | bruxa(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | cadugər(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Baltic Romani | vedzma (Litovska)(person who uses magic), vjeďma(person who uses magic), čovaxani (Latvia)(person who uses magic), čovaxanî(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Basque | belagile(person who uses magic), sorgin(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Belarusian | ве́дзьма(person who uses magic), чараўні́ца(person who uses magic) | vjédzʹma, čarawníca | |
| Breton | gwrac'h(person who uses magic), sorserez(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Bulgarian | ве́щица(person who uses magic), ве́щица(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), вълше́бница(person who uses magic), магьо́сница(person who uses magic), чароде́йка(person who uses magic) | véštica, véštica, vǎlšébnica, magjósnica, čarodéjka | |
| Burmese | ကဝေ(person who uses magic), စုန်း(person who uses magic), ရွာသူ(person who uses magic) | ka.we, cun:, rwasu | |
| Catalan | bruixa(person who uses magic), bruixa(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), fetillera(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Cebuano | bruha(person who uses magic), mamamarang(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Chamicuro | shikechpalo(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Chechen | алмаз(person who uses magic), гӏам(person who uses magic), гӏам(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), ешап(person who uses magic) | almaz, ğam, ğam, ješap | |
| Chichewa | mfiti(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Chinese | 神姐(person who uses magic) | sîn-chiá | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 女妖(person who uses magic), 女巫(person who uses magic), 巫(person who uses magic), 巫人(person who uses magic), 巫婆(person who uses magic), 師婆 /师婆(person who uses magic), 神婆(person who uses magic), 魔女(person who uses magic), 魔女(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | nǚyāo, nǚwū, wū, wūrén, wūpó, shīpó, shénpó, mónǚ, mónǚ | |
| Cornish | gwragh(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Corsican | maga(person who uses magic), moca(person who uses magic), sdreia(person who uses magic), strega(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Czech | čarodějnice(person who uses magic), čarodějnice(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| Danish | heks(person who uses magic), heks(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| Dutch | heks(person who uses magic), heks(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), kol(person who uses magic), mare(person who uses magic), tovenares(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Emilian | stria(person who uses magic), strìa(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Esperanto | harpio(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), sorĉistino(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Estonian | nõid(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Faroese | gandakelling(person who uses magic), gívur(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Finnish | akka(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), noita(person who uses magic), ämmä(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| French | harpie(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), sorcière(person who uses magic), sorcière(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), stryge(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Friulian | strie(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Galician | antaruxa(person who uses magic), bencedeira(person who uses magic), bieiteira(person who uses magic), bruxa(person who uses magic), bruxa(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), chamorra(person who uses magic), croucha(person who uses magic), distria(person who uses magic), fada(person who uses magic), feiticeira(person who uses magic), lurpia(person who uses magic), lurpia(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), meiga(person who uses magic), nubeira(person who uses magic), saga(person who uses magic), sursuncorda(person who uses magic), vedoreira(person who uses magic), xugota(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Georgian | გრძნეული(person who uses magic), დედაბერი(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), კუდიანი(person who uses magic), ჯადოქარი(person who uses magic) | grʒneuli, dedaberi, ḳudiani, ǯadokari | |
| German | Gabelreiterin(person who uses magic), Hexe(person who uses magic), Hexe(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), Hexenmeister(person who uses magic), Hexer(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Greek | μάγισσα(person who uses magic) | mágissa | |
| Greenlandic | ilisiitsoq(person who uses magic), kussuk(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Gujarati | ચૂડેલ(person who uses magic), વિચ(person who uses magic) | cūḍel, vic | |
| Haitian Creole | sòsyè(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Hebrew | מְכַשֵּׁפָה(person who uses magic) | mekhashefá | |
| Hiligaynon | bahoy(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Hindi | चुड़ैल(person who uses magic), जादूगरनी(person who uses magic), डाइन(person who uses magic) | cuṛail, jādūgarnī, ḍāin | |
| Hungarian | boszorka(person who uses magic), boszorkány(person who uses magic), boszorkány(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), bába(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Hunsrik | Hex(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Icelandic | galdrakerling(person who uses magic), norn(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Indonesian | ahli sihir(person who uses magic), penyihir(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | ساحِرِه(person who uses magic) | sâhere | |
| Irish | amaid(person who uses magic), bean Ultach(person who uses magic), báirseach(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), cailleach(person who uses magic), cailleach(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), cailleach Ultach(person who uses magic), cailleach feasa(person who uses magic), málóid(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), raicleach(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), seanchailleach(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Italian | fattucchiera(person who uses magic), maliarda(person who uses magic), saga(person who uses magic), strega(person who uses magic), versiera(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Japanese | 鬼女(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), 魔女(person who uses magic) | kijo | |
| Kabardian | уд(person who uses magic) | wud | |
| Kabwa | omurogi class 1(person who uses magic), omuturutumbi class 1(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Kannada | ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ(person who uses magic), ಮಾಟಗಾತಿ(person who uses magic), ಮಾಯಗಾತಿ(person who uses magic) | māntrika strī, māṭagāti, māyagāti | |
| Karachay-Balkar | обур(person who uses magic) | obur | |
| Karelian | noita(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Kashmiri | رانٛٹَس(person who uses magic), ڈٲن(person who uses magic) | rānṭas, ḍạ̄n | |
| Kazakh | жезтырнақ(person who uses magic), мыстан(person who uses magic) | jeztyrnaq, mystan | |
| Khmer | ឌាក៌នី(person who uses magic), មេមត់(person who uses magic) | diəkenii, mei mŭət | |
| Kongo | ndoki(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Korean | 귀녀(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), 마귀할멈(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), 마녀(person who uses magic), 무당(person who uses magic) | gwinyeo, magwihalmeom, manyeo, mudang | |
| Kyrgyz | желмогуз(person who uses magic) | jelmoguz | |
| Lao | ແມ່ມົດ(person who uses magic) | mǣ mot | |
| Latgalian | rogona(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Latin | fascināns(person who uses magic), fascinātor(person who uses magic), fascinātrīx(person who uses magic), lamia(person who uses magic), maga(person who uses magic), magus(person who uses magic), malefica(person who uses magic), maleficus(person who uses magic), pȳthōnissa(person who uses magic), striga(person who uses magic), strix(person who uses magic), sāga(person who uses magic), sāgus(person who uses magic), venēfica(person who uses magic), venēficus(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Latvian | mačka(person who uses magic), ragana(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Limburgish | heks(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Lithuanian | ragana(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Lombard | stria(person who uses magic), strïon(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Low German | Hex(person who uses magic), Wicker(person who uses magic), Wickersch(person who uses magic), Wickersche(person who uses magic), Witsch(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | chódota(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Lule Sami | guobas(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Hex(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Macedonian | вештерка(person who uses magic), вештерка(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), волшебничка(person who uses magic) | vešterka, vešterka, volšebnička | |
| Malagasy | mpamosavy(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Malay | ahli sihir(person who uses magic), penyihir(person who uses magic), sahir(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Malayalam | മന്ത്രവാദം(person who uses magic) | mantravādaṁ | |
| Maltese | saħħara(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Manx | ben obbee(person who uses magic), buitçh(person who uses magic), caillagh(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Māori | hinematarau(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Mauritian Creole | churel(person who uses magic), sorsier(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Middle English | wicche(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Middle Low German | eteninne(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Navajo | adiłgąshii(person who uses magic), áńtʼį́į́hii(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Norman | chorchiéthe(person who uses magic) | — | |
| North Frisian | Gögeler(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | heks(person who uses magic), heks(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | heks(person who uses magic), heks(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), trollkjerring(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Nyole (Uganda) | omulogo class 1(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Occitan | bruèissa(person who uses magic), fachilhièra(person who uses magic), fachinièra(person who uses magic), masca(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Old Armenian | հմայք(person who uses magic), վհուկ(person who uses magic) | hmaykʻ, vhuk | |
| Old English | hægtesse(person who uses magic), wiċċa(person who uses magic), wiċċe(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Old Galician-Portuguese | sorteira(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Old High German | hagzissa(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Old Irish | ammait(person who uses magic), badb(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Old Norse | galdrakona(person who uses magic), seiðkona(person who uses magic), vǫlva(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Pashto | جادوګره(person who uses magic), شیشکه(person who uses magic) | jādugara, šišaka | |
| Pennsylvania German | Hex(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | Hakjs(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Polish | czarownica(person who uses magic), heksa(person who uses magic), jędza(person who uses magic), wiedźma(person who uses magic), wiedźma(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| Portuguese | bruxa(person who uses magic), bruxa(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), estria(person who uses magic), estrige(person who uses magic), feiticeira(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Puyuma | temararamaw(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Quechua | layqa(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Romani | drabarni(person who uses magic), drabarìca(person who uses magic), ćovali(person who uses magic), ćovaxani(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Romanian | vrăjitoare(person who uses magic), vrăjitor(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Romansch | streia(person who uses magic), stria(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Russian | ве́дьма(person who uses magic), ве́дьма(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), волше́бница(person who uses magic), карга́(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), кики́мора(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), колду́нья(person who uses magic), чароде́йка(person who uses magic) | védʹma, védʹma, volšébnica, kargá, kikímora, koldúnʹja, čarodéjka | |
| Santali | ᱯᱷᱩᱠᱨᱤᱱ(person who uses magic) | phukrin | |
| Saterland Frisian | Häkse(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Scots | ell-woman(person who uses magic), galdragon(person who uses magic), gyre carline(person who uses magic), hexie(person who uses magic), sorceres(person who uses magic), wancanny carlin(person who uses magic), weird-woman(person who uses magic), wise wife(person who uses magic), wise woman(person who uses magic), witch(person who uses magic), witch-carline(person who uses magic), witch-queen(person who uses magic), witch-wife(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | ban-draoidh(person who uses magic), bana-bhuidseach(person who uses magic), buidseach(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | còprnica(person who uses magic), vjèštica(person who uses magic), vèštica(person who uses magic), štrȉga(person who uses magic), вѐштица(person who uses magic), вјѐштица(person who uses magic), цо̀прница(person who uses magic), штри̏га(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Sicilian | magara(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Sinte-Romani | broška(person who uses magic), heksa(person who uses magic), čovaxani(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Slovak | bosorka(person who uses magic), striga(person who uses magic), čarodejnica(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Slovene | coprnca(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), čarovnica(person who uses magic), čarovnica(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| Spanish | bruja(person who uses magic), bruja(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), hechicera(person who uses magic), maga(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Sumerian | 𒊩𒈦𒈦(person who uses magic) | /mašmaš/ | |
| Swahili | mchawi(person who uses magic), mchawi(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | — | |
| Swedish | häxa(person who uses magic), trollkvinna(person who uses magic), trollpacka(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Tagalog | mananagisama(person who uses magic), mangkukulam(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Tajik | албастӣ(person who uses magic), соҳира(person who uses magic), ҷодугарзан(person who uses magic) | albasti, sohira, jodugarzan | |
| Tamil | சூனியக்காரி(person who uses magic), விரிச்சிகன்(person who uses magic) | cūṉiyakkāri, viriccikaṉ | |
| Taos | còhəoʼóna(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Telugu | మంత్రగత్తె(person who uses magic) | mantragatte | |
| Thai | แม่มด(person who uses magic) | mɛ̂ɛ-mót | |
| Tok Pisin | poisinmeri(person who uses magic), puripurimeri(person who uses magic), sanguma meri(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Tsou | yoifo(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Tswana | moloi(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Turkish | büyücü(person who uses magic), cadaloz(derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman), cadı(person who uses magic), sihirbaz(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Udi | куси(person who uses magic), тӏатӏмер(person who uses magic) | kusi, ṭaṭmer | |
| Ukrainian | ві́дьма(person who uses magic), чаклу́нка(person who uses magic), чарівни́ця(person who uses magic) | vídʹma, čaklúnka, čarivnýcja | |
| Upper Sorbian | chodojta(person who uses magic), kuzłarnča(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Urdu | چُڑَیل(person who uses magic) | cuṛail | |
| Uzbek | jodugar(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Venetan | striga(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Veps | noid(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Vietnamese | phù thuỷ(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Vilamovian | pyłwajs(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Volapük | himagivan(person who uses magic), jimagivan(person who uses magic), magivan(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Võro | nõid(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Votic | nõitõ(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Waray-Waray | barangan(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Welsh | dewines(person who uses magic), gwrach(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Welsh-Romani | čovexani(person who uses magic) | — | |
| West-Frisian | tsjoenster(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Xhosa | igqwirhakazi(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Yao | msaŵi class 1(person who uses magic) | — | |
| Yiddish | מכשפֿה(person who uses magic) | makhsheyfe | |
| Zazaki | cındar(person who uses magic) | — |
heks
shtrigë, yshtëse
חרשתא, ܚܪܫܬܐ
bruxa
cadugər
vedzma (Litovska), vjeďma, čovaxani (Latvia), čovaxanî
belagile, sorgin
gwrac'h, sorserez
ве́щица, ве́щица, вълше́бница, магьо́сница, чароде́йка
véštica, véštica, vǎlšébnica, magjósnica, čarodéjka
bruixa, bruixa, fetillera
bruha, mamamarang
shikechpalo
mfiti
女妖, 女巫, 巫, 巫人, 巫婆, 師婆 /师婆, 神婆, 魔女, 魔女
nǚyāo, nǚwū, wū, wūrén, wūpó, shīpó, shénpó, mónǚ, mónǚ
gwragh
maga, moca, sdreia, strega
čarodějnice, čarodějnice
heks, heks
heks, heks, kol, mare, tovenares
stria, strìa
harpio, sorĉistino
nõid
gandakelling, gívur
akka, noita, ämmä
harpie, sorcière, sorcière, stryge
strie
antaruxa, bencedeira, bieiteira, bruxa, bruxa, chamorra, croucha, distria, fada, feiticeira, lurpia, lurpia, meiga, nubeira, saga, sursuncorda, vedoreira, xugota
Gabelreiterin, Hexe, Hexe, Hexenmeister, Hexer
ilisiitsoq, kussuk
sòsyè
bahoy
boszorka, boszorkány, boszorkány, bába
Hex
galdrakerling, norn
ahli sihir, penyihir
amaid, bean Ultach, báirseach, cailleach, cailleach, cailleach Ultach, cailleach feasa, málóid, raicleach, seanchailleach
fattucchiera, maliarda, saga, strega, versiera
omurogi class 1, omuturutumbi class 1
noita
ndoki
rogona
fascināns, fascinātor, fascinātrīx, lamia, maga, magus, malefica, maleficus, pȳthōnissa, striga, strix, sāga, sāgus, venēfica, venēficus
mačka, ragana
heks
ragana
stria, strïon
Hex, Wicker, Wickersch, Wickersche, Witsch
chódota
guobas
mpamosavy
ahli sihir, penyihir, sahir
saħħara
ben obbee, buitçh, caillagh
hinematarau
churel, sorsier
wicche
eteninne
adiłgąshii, áńtʼį́į́hii
chorchiéthe
Gögeler
heks, heks
heks, heks, trollkjerring
omulogo class 1
bruèissa, fachilhièra, fachinièra, masca
hægtesse, wiċċa, wiċċe
sorteira
hagzissa
ammait, badb
galdrakona, seiðkona, vǫlva
Hakjs
czarownica, heksa, jędza, wiedźma, wiedźma
bruxa, bruxa, estria, estrige, feiticeira
temararamaw
layqa
drabarni, drabarìca, ćovali, ćovaxani
vrăjitoare, vrăjitor
streia, stria
ве́дьма, ве́дьма, волше́бница, карга́, кики́мора, колду́нья, чароде́йка
védʹma, védʹma, volšébnica, kargá, kikímora, koldúnʹja, čarodéjka
Häkse
ell-woman, galdragon, gyre carline, hexie, sorceres, wancanny carlin, weird-woman, wise wife, wise woman, witch, witch-carline, witch-queen, witch-wife
ban-draoidh, bana-bhuidseach, buidseach
còprnica, vjèštica, vèštica, štrȉga, вѐштица, вјѐштица, цо̀прница, штри̏га
magara
broška, heksa, čovaxani
bosorka, striga, čarodejnica
coprnca, čarovnica, čarovnica
bruja, bruja, hechicera, maga
mchawi, mchawi
häxa, trollkvinna, trollpacka
mananagisama, mangkukulam
còhəoʼóna
poisinmeri, puripurimeri, sanguma meri
yoifo
moloi
büyücü, cadaloz, cadı, sihirbaz
chodojta, kuzłarnča
jodugar
striga
noid
phù thuỷ
pyłwajs
himagivan, jimagivan, magivan
nõid
nõitõ
barangan
dewines, gwrach
čovexani
tsjoenster
igqwirhakazi
msaŵi class 1
cındar
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