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vodyanoy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of water sprite from Slavic mythology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Slavic mythology

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History

Etymology

From Russian водяно́й (vodjanój).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վոդյանոյ (vodyanoy) — type of water sprite
  • Armenian: ջրոգի (ǰrogi) — type of water sprite
  • Azerbaijani: vudaş — type of water sprite
  • Azerbaijani: suadamı — type of water sprite
  • Belarusian: вадзя́нік (vadzjánik) — type of water sprite
  • Bulgarian: во́дник (vódnik) — type of water sprite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水精 (shuǐ jīng) — type of water sprite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伏葉諾伊 /伏叶诺伊 (fúyènuòyī) — type of water sprite
  • Czech: vodník — type of water sprite
  • Czech: hastrman — type of water sprite
  • Finnish: vodjanoi — type of water sprite
  • Finnish: vetehinen — type of water sprite
  • French: wodianoï — type of water sprite
  • French: vodianoï — type of water sprite
  • German: Wassermann — type of water sprite
  • German: Wodjanoj — type of water sprite
  • Ingrian: erikko — type of water sprite
  • Japanese: ヴォジャノーイ (vojanōi) — type of water sprite
  • Korean: 보자노이 (bojanoi) — type of water sprite
  • Polish: wodnik — type of water sprite
  • Portuguese: vodianoi — type of water sprite
  • Russian: водяно́й (vodjanój) — type of water sprite
  • Serbo-Croatian: водењак — type of water sprite
  • Serbo-Croatian: воданој — type of water sprite
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodenjak — type of water sprite
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodanoj — type of water sprite
  • Slovak: vodník — type of water sprite
  • Spanish: vodník — type of water sprite
  • Ukrainian: водя́ник (vodjányk) — type of water sprite