dhampir

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian dhampir.

Noun

dhampir (plural dhampirs)

  1. (mythology, fiction) A half-human, half-vampire hybrid.

Translations

Albanian

Alternative forms

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
  • IPA(key): /ðamˈpiɾ/, [ðamˈpiɹ]

Noun

dhampir m (plural dhampirë, definite dhampiri, definite plural dhampirët)

  1. son of a vampire, half-vampire (usually from a vampire father and a human mother)
  2. vampire

Derived terms
  • dhampiraç
  • Dhampiraj

References
  1. 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."
  2. Omari, Anila (2012), "dhampir", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 133-134
  3. Topalli, K. (2017) “dhampir”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1544
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