midget

Etymology
Diminutive of (from, from , from ; cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), using the suffix , originally (1865) for a "little sand fly", only around 1869 also a "very small person".

Noun



 * 1)  A little sandfly.
 * 2)  Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
 * 3)  A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
 * 4)  Any short person.
 * 5)  A small version of something; miniature.
 * the midget pony
 * the midget pony

Usage notes

 * Used for an insect, this is a variation on that is commonly used.
 * Use of this word may be considered offensive, even when describing something other than a person.

Synonyms

 * ,, /shorty, tich/titch, vertically challenged person
 * munchkin
 * elf
 * munchkin
 * elf
 * elf

Translations

 * Arabic: قَزَم
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: cırtdan
 * Basque: nano, epotx
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dværg
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , ミゼット
 * Lao:
 * Latin: salapūtium
 * Macedonian: џуџе, кепец
 * Maori: whito, whē, whena
 * Mongolian: одой хүн
 * Polish:, , , liliputka
 * Portuguese:, anã
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: คนเล็ก, คนแคระ
 * Tibetan: མིའུ་ཐུང, མི་ཆུང
 * Vietnamese: rất nhỏ, chú lùn


 * Albanian:, shkurtalaq, shkurtaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: zakrslík
 * Danish: gnom, mandsling
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, skäfä
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, , ,
 * Irish: cnádaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: nanus, nana
 * Macedonian: џуџе, кепец
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: chichón de piso,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pandak
 * Yiddish: קאַרליק


 * Czech: mini-, ,
 * Danish: dværg-; mini-
 * Dutch: dwerg-,
 * Finnish: kääpiö-
 * German: Zwerg-;, Mini-
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Spanish: