termagant

Etymology
The is derived from, from , from , , , and ,  (possibly with the addition of , ; modern 🇨🇬 ); further etymology uncertain, one common suggestion being that it is from  (ultimately from ) +  (the    of , from  (possibly ultimately from ) +  ( form of ). Medieval French chansons de geste named Termagant as one of three deities supposedly worshipped by Muslims, the others being Apollin and Mahound, and the name may allude to the wandering of the moon (the crescent moon being a common symbol of Islam) in the form of the mythological goddesses  in heaven, Diana on earth, and  in the underworld.

The reason for the shift in meaning from the fictitious deity to a brawling and turbulent person is unclear.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A brawling, boisterous, and turbulent person or thing.
 * 2)  A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
 * 1)  A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
 * 1)  A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
 * 1)  A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
 * 1)  A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.
 * 1)  A censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome woman; a scold, a shrew.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 老虎乸
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: megero
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:, 鬼嫁
 * Macedonian: караконџула
 * Russian: грубый/сварливый же́нщина,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ban-sglàmhrainn
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: cecren
 * Yiddish: מויד

Adjective

 * 1)  Having the temperament of a termagant (noun ); bad-tempered, brawling, boisterous, turbulent.
 * 2)  Of a woman, her behaviour, etc.: censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome; scolding, shrewish.
 * 1)  Of a woman, her behaviour, etc.: censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome; scolding, shrewish.
 * 1)  Of a woman, her behaviour, etc.: censorious, nagging, and quarrelsome; scolding, shrewish.