Dactyliomancy

/ˌdæktɪliˈɒmænsi/ noun

Definition

Divination or fortune-telling using fingers or finger-counting, an ancient mystical practice.

Etymology

From Greek daktylos (finger) + manteia (divination). This term refers to occult practices from antiquity where practitioners would read finger bones or count on fingers to predict the future.

Kelly Says

Medieval fortune-tellers used finger-based counting systems that were so complex they could predict everything from harvests to royal marriages—fingers were basically ancient calculators before numbers existed.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዳክቲሎሎማንሲ
dak-ti-lo-lo-man-see
ARالعربية
علم تنبؤات الأصابع
ʻilm tanbūʻāt al-asfā'e
BNবাংলা
দ্যাক্টিলোমান্সি
dak-ti-lo-man-see
CACatalà
dactiliomancia
dak-ti-li-o-man-thee-ah
CSČeština
dactyliomancie
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
DADansk
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
DEDeutsch
Dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
ELΕλληνικά
δακτυλιομαντεία
dak-ti-lo-man-tee-ah
ESEspañol
dactiliomancia
dak-ti-li-o-man-thee-ah
FAفارسی
دactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
FISuomi
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
FRFrançais
dactyliomancie
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
GUGU
દક્તિલોમંસી
dak-ti-lo-man-see
HAHA
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
HEעברית
דקטילומנטיה
dak-ti-lo-man-tee-ah
HIहिन्दी
अंगुलि-ज्योतिष
aṅguli-jyotiṣ
HUMagyar
dactyliomancia
dak-ti-li-o-man-thee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
IGIG
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
ITItaliano
dactiliomanzia
dak-ti-li-o-man-zee-ah
JA日本語
ダクチリマンシー
dakuchiri-man-shii
KKKK
дактилиомантия
dak-ti-li-o-man-ti-ya
KMKM
ដាក់ទីលូស
dak-ti-lo-lo-s
KO한국어
다크틸리오만시
dak-til-li-o-man-shi
MRMR
दॅक्टिलोमंसी
dak-ti-lo-man-see
MSBahasa Melayu
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
MYမြန်မာ
တက်ကြီးပြောကြား
ta-kye-kree-pyao-kya
NLNederlands
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
NONorsk
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
PAPA
ਦੈਕਟਿਲੋਮੰਸੀ
dak-ti-lo-man-see
PLPolski
dactyliomancja
dak-ti-li-o-man-cha
PTPortuguês
dactiliomancia
dak-ti-li-o-man-thee-ah
RORomână
dactyliomancie
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
RUРусский
дактилиомантия
dak-ti-li-o-man-ti-ya
SVSvenska
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
SWKiswahili
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
TAதமிழ்
தகடில்லியோமான்சி
tha-ka-dil-li-yo-man-see
TEతెలుగు
దక్టిలియోమంసీ
dak-ti-li-yo-man-see
THไทย
ดัคทิลิโอแมนซี่
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
TLTL
daktyliomansiya
dak-ti-li-o-man-see-ya
TRTürkçe
daktiliomansi
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
UKУкраїнська
дактиліомантія
dak-ti-li-o-man-ti-ya
URاردو
دکتیلیومینسی
dak-ti-li-o-min-see
VITiếng Việt
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
YOYO
dactyliomancy
dak-ti-li-o-man-see
ZH中文
手指命运术
shǒu zhǐ mìngyùn shù
ZUZU
idactyliomancy
i-dak-ti-li-o-man-see

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