dhampir

English

Alternative forms

• dhampire
• dhampyr, damphyr (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian dhampir.

Noun

dhampir (plural dhampirs)

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

Translations

half-human, half-vampire

• Albanian: dhampir m
• Esperanto: duonvampiro
• Finnish: puolivampyyri
• French: dhampire (fr) m or f
• German: Dhampir
• Greek: ντάμπιρ (ntámpir)
• Hungarian: damfír
• Italian: dampiro m
• Japanese: ダンピール (danpīru)
• Korean: 담피르 (dampireu)
• Russian: дампир (dampir)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vampir

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr / ва̀мпӣр or Bulgarian вампи́р (vampír), 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”).

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