shaman

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from ,. The Evenki word is possibly derived from the root ша- ("to know"); or else a loanword from or, from  from , from , which would make this a.

Noun

 * 1) A traditional faith healer.
 * 2) A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.
 * 1) A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

Usage notes

 * The plural form is, not ; the etymologically-consistent plural form from the original Evenki is shamasal, but this form sees no use in English; the plural form is, however, universally accepted.

Translations

 * Akurio: piyahi
 * Apalaí: pyaxi
 * Arabic: شَامَان, كاهن, عرَاف
 * Armenian:
 * Awetí: paié
 * Azerbaijani: şaman
 * Bakairí: pyaji
 * Basque: xaman
 * Belarusian: шама́н, зна́хар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: шама́н,
 * Buryat: бөө
 * Canela: caj
 * Carijona: hiyači
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: kapunutakajpola
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Corsican: mazzeru
 * Czech:
 * Danish: shaman, vølve
 * Daur: yadgeng
 * Dogrib: díge'jon
 * Dolgan: ойун
 * Dutch:, ,  , piai , piaiman
 * Esperanto: ŝamano, ŝamanino
 * Estonian: nõid
 * Even: хама̄н
 * Evenki: шама̄н, сама̄н, хама̄н
 * Faroese: shamanur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:,  ,  ,  ,
 * Friulian: benandant
 * Galician: xamán
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, , ιατρομάντης
 * Greenlandic: angakkoq
 * Guaraní: pohanohára, avapaje
 * Hebrew:, שמאנית
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: völva
 * Igbo: dibị̀à
 * Indonesian:
 * Inuktitut: ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ
 * Inuvialuktun: angatkuq
 * Italian:, sciamana
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: бө
 * Kari'na: pyjai
 * Karok: xus'úmaan
 * Kazakh: бақсы
 * Ket: сенаң (senaŋ)
 * Khmer: គ្រូហ្ម
 * Korean:, 샤먼
 * Kuikúro: hüati
 * Kyrgyz:, шаман
 * Latin: samānus
 * Lule Sami: noajdde
 * Maasai: ɔl-aibóni
 * Macedonian: ша́ман
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠨ
 * Mapudungun: machi
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠥ᠋ᠭᠡ
 * Nanai: саман
 * Nandi: orkoiyo
 * Narragansett: powwáw
 * Navajo: hataałii
 * Nootka: ʔuštaqyuu
 * Northeast Maidu: jòmí
 * Northern Sami: noaidi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sjaman, volve
 * Nynorsk: sjaman, volve
 * Old Norse: vǫlva
 * Orok: сама
 * Pemon: piyai
 * Persian:
 * Pökoot: werkoiyon
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, xamane
 * Quechua: jampiri
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Selk'nam: xon
 * Serbo-Croatian: здухаћ, krsnik
 * Cyrillic: шаман
 * Roman:
 * Shipibo-Conibo: unaya
 * Shor: қам
 * Shoshone: puhakantɨn
 * Shuar: uwishín
 * Slovene: volh
 * Southern Altai: кам
 * Southern Sami: nåejttie
 * Spanish:, chamana, shamán, shamana, ,
 * Sranan Tongo: bonuman, lukuman, obiaman, dresiman, piai, piaiman
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: шаман, азоимхон
 * Tanacross: deyenenh
 * Thai:, , คนทรงเจ้า, คนทรงเจ้าเข้าผี
 * Tibetan: ནུས་ཐུ་མ
 * Tlingit: íx̱t’
 * Tofa: һам
 * Trió: pïjai
 * Tundra Nenets: тадебя
 * Turkish:, , bakşı
 * Turkmen: şaman, porhan
 * Tuvan: хам
 * Ukrainian: шама́н, знаха́р
 * Uyghur: باخشى
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: thầy đồng
 * Waiwai: yaskomo
 * Wayampi: paye
 * Wayana: pïjai
 * White Hmong: neeb, txiv neeb
 * Yakut: ойуун
 * Yámana: yekamush
 * Yao (South America): peeiai, peeai
 * Ye'kwana: jüwai
 * Yup'ik: angalkuq
 * Zulu: isangoma