witch

Etymology 1
The noun is from, from and , deverbative from , from  (compare 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ), from , derivation of ; akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Possibly related to ; see that entry for more.

The verb is from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) A person who practices witchcraft.
 * 2)  A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
 * 3)  An ugly or unpleasant woman.
 * 4) One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
 * 5) One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
 * 6)  A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
 * 7) The storm petrel.
 * 8) Any of a number of flatfish:
 * 9)  (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
 * 10)  (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
 * , found near New Zealand.
 * 1) The Indomalayan butterfly, of the family.
 * 1) The storm petrel.
 * 2) Any of a number of flatfish:
 * 3)  (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
 * 4)  (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
 * , found near New Zealand.
 * 1) The Indomalayan butterfly, of the family.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: арупап
 * Adyghe: нэгъучӏыцэ, уды
 * Afrikaans: heks
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: سَاحِرَة
 * Aramaic: חרשתא
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian: վհուկ, հմայք
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: sorgin, belagile
 * Belarusian: ве́дзьма, чараўні́ца
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: mamamarang, bruha
 * Chamicuro: shikechpalo
 * Chechen: гӏам, алмаз, ешап
 * Chichewa: mfiti
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: 神姐
 * Mandarin:, , , , , , ,
 * Classical Syriac: ܚܪܫܬܐ
 * Cornish: gwragh
 * Corsican: strega, sdreia, maga, moca
 * Czech:
 * Danish: heks
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Emilian: stria, strìa
 * Esperanto: sorĉistino
 * Estonian: nõid
 * Faroese: gandakelling, gívur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: strie
 * Galician:, , feiticeira, saga, bieiteira, fada, , antaruxa, sursuncorda, bencedeira, croucha, vedoreira, chamorra, distria, xugota, nubeira
 * Georgian: გრძნეული, ჯადოქარი, კუდიანი
 * German:, Gabelreiterin, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φαρμακίς
 * Greenlandic: ilisiitsoq, kussuk
 * Gujarati: વિચ, ચૂડેલ
 * Haitian Creole: sòsyè
 * Hebrew: מְכַשֵּׁפָה
 * Hiligaynon: bahoy
 * Hindi:, जादूगरनी,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Hunsrik: Hex
 * Icelandic: galdrakerling,
 * Indonesian:, penyihir
 * Irish:, bean Ultach, cailleach Ultach, amaid , cailleach feasa, seanchailleach
 * Old Irish: badb, ammait
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kabardian:
 * Kannada:, ,
 * Karachay-Balkar: обур
 * Karelian: noita
 * Kazakh: мыстан, жезтырнақ
 * Khmer:, ឌាក៌នី
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ແມ່​ມົດ
 * Latgalian: rogona
 * Latin: magus, maga, maleficus, malefica, venēficus, venēfica,, fascinātor, fascinātrīx, , sāga, striga, lamia, pȳthōnissa,
 * Latvian:, mačka
 * Limburgish:
 * Lithuanian: ragana
 * Lombard:, strïon
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Hex, Wicker, Wickersch, Wickersche, Witsch
 * Lule Sami: guobas
 * Luxembourgish: Hex
 * Macedonian: вештерка, волшебничка
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: ahli sihir, penyihir,
 * Malayalam: മന്ത്രവാദം
 * Maltese: saħħara
 * Manx: ben obbee, buitçh, caillagh
 * Maori: hinematarau
 * Mauritian Creole: churel, sorsier
 * Middle English: wicche
 * Middle Low German: eteninne
 * Navajo: áńtʼį́į́hii, adiłgąshii
 * Norman: chorchiéthe
 * North Frisian: Gögeler
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: heks
 * Nynorsk: trollkjerring, heks
 * Occitan:, , ,
 * Old English: hægtesse, wiċċe, wiċċa
 * Old High German: hagzissa
 * Old Norse: seiðkona, vǫlva, galdrakona
 * Old Portuguese: sorteira
 * Pennsylvania German: Hex
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Hakjs
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, , estrige,
 * Quechua: layqa
 * Romani: ćovaxani, ćovali, drabarìca, drabarni
 * Baltic Romani: čovaxani, čovaxanî , vjeďma
 * Sinte Romani: čovaxani, broška, heksa
 * Welsh Romani: čovexani
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: stria, streia
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Santali: ᱯᱷᱩᱠᱨᱤᱱ
 * Saterland Frisian: Häkse
 * Scots: ell-woman, galdragon, gyre carline, hexie, sorceres, wancanny carlin, weird-woman, wise woman, wise wife, witch, witch-carline, witch-queen, witch-wife
 * Scottish Gaelic: ban-draoidh, buidseach, bana-bhuidseach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вѐштица, вјѐштица, штри̏га, цо̀прница
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: čarodejnica, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: chódota
 * Upper Sorbian: chodojta, kuzłarnča
 * Spanish:, , maga
 * Sumerian: 𒊩𒈦𒈦
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , trollkvinna
 * Tagalog: mananagisama, mangkukulam
 * Tajik: ҷодугарзан, албастӣ, соҳира
 * Tamil: சூனியக்காரி,
 * Taos: còhəoʼóna
 * Telugu: మంత్రగత్తె
 * Thai: แม่มด
 * Tok Pisin: puripurimeri, poisinmeri, sanguma meri
 * Tswana: moloi
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Udi: тӏатӏмер, куси
 * Ukrainian: ві́дьма, чарівни́ця, чаклу́нка
 * Urdu: چڑیل
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian:
 * Veps: noid
 * Vietnamese: (符水)
 * Vilamovian: pyłwajs
 * Volapük:, himagivan ,
 * Voro: nõid
 * Votic: nõitõ
 * Waray-Waray: barangan
 * Welsh: dewines, gwrach
 * West Frisian: tsjoenster
 * Xhosa: igqwirhakazi
 * Yiddish: מכשפֿה
 * Zazaki: cındar


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: heks
 * Esperanto: harpio
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: დედაბერი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:, raicleach, málóid, báirseach
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 마귀할멈,
 * Macedonian: вештерка
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: heks
 * Nynorsk: heks
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene: coprnca,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To dowse for water.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , derivation of. In the senses arising in Middle English and later probably aphetic from.

Verb

 * 1)  To practise witchcraft.
 * 2)  To bewitch.

Etymology 3
Compare.

Noun

 * 1) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.

Etymology
From, from and  m., deverbative from , from  (compare 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ), from , derivation of ; akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) witch; A person, chiefly a woman, skilled in sorcery.
 * 2) warlock
 * 3)  Various animals, insects and objects in some way associated with witches.
 * 4) A moth in general; a tortoiseshell butterfly.
 * 5) The Torbay sole, pole flounder or dab,.
 * 6) The seaweed,.
 * 7) A red clay marble, generally one that is considered effective in winning games, a “wizard”.

Verb

 * 1)  To harm (a person, etc.) by means of witchcraft; to bewitch, cast a spell on.
 * 2)  To affect or influence as by witchcraft.