dhampir

== English == === Alternative forms === dhampire dhampyr, damphyr (rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Albanian dhampir. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dæmˈpɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /dæmˈpɪɹ/ === Noun === dhampir (plural dhampirs) (mythology, fiction, fantasy) A half-human, half-vampire hybrid. ==== Translations ==== == 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) son of a vampire, half-vampire (usually from a vampire father and a human mother) vampire ==== Derived terms ==== dhampiraç Dhampiraj === References ===