dhampir
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Albanian dhampir.
Noun
dhampir (plural dhampirs)
Translations
half-human, half-vampire
Albanian
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Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr / ва̀мпӣр or Bulgarian вампи́р (vampír),[1] ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь (“vampire”). Anlaut v- > dh- is recorded in Gheg Albanian, reinforced by folk reanalysis as dham (“tooth”, standard dhëmb) + pi (“drink”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
dhampir m (plural dhampirë, definite dhampiri, definite plural dhampirët)
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References
- ^ Ute Dukova, Die Bezeichnungen der Dämonen im Bulgarischen (1997), page 98: "Aus dem Neugriechischen ist aromun. vömbir 'Vampir, Geist eines ungetauft gestorbenen Kindes' entlehnt. Bulg. вампир ist ins alban. vampir, dhampir (über fremdes v>dh s. Cabej 1951/1:89), bulg. dial. вапир in alban. vapir entlehnt."
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “dhampir”, in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, pages 133–134
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “dhampir”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1544