Definition
A person who practices divination; someone who claims to predict the future, find hidden things, or reveal secrets through supernatural or magical means.
Etymology
From 'divine' (to foretell, from Latin 'divinare') plus '-er' (agent suffix meaning one who does the action). The term entered English around the 14th century.
Kelly Says
Medieval water diviners used forked sticks to find underground springs—modern science shows they weren't magical but were actually detecting subtle ground changes, which means some 'divining' worked through observation, not the supernatural.
Translations
BNবাংলা
জ্যোতিষী
jyo-ti-shi
CACatalà
divinator
di-vi-na-tor
CSČeština
věštec
ve-s-tec
DEDeutsch
Wahrsager
va-hrs-a-ger
ELΕλληνικά
μαντικός
man-ti-kos
ESEspañol
divinador
di-vi-na-dor
FAفارسی
پیشگویی
peesh-go-yi
FRFrançais
divinateur
di-vi-na-teur
GUGU
દેવદર્શન
de-va-darshan
HIहिन्दी
ज्योतिषी
jyo-ti-shi
IDBahasa Indonesia
peramal
pe-ra-mal
ITItaliano
divinatore
di-vi-na-tore
KO한국어
점성술사
jeom-seong-sul-sa
MSBahasa Melayu
peramal
pe-ra-mal
NLNederlands
wijsheid
wie-she-id
PLPolski
wróżka
v-ro-chka
PTPortuguês
divinador
di-vi-na-dor
RORomână
divinator
di-vi-na-tor
RUРусский
гадатель
ga-da-tel'
SVSvenska
orakel
o-ra-kel
SWKiswahili
Mchawi
m-cha-wi
TAதமிழ்
நீதிபதி
nee-thi-pa-thi
TEతెలుగు
జ్యోతిషి
jyo-ti-shi
THไทย
ผู้ทำนาย
phoo-tham-nai
TLTL
mangkukulam
man-kuk-u-lam
TRTürkçe
kehanetçi
keh-a-net-chi
VITiếng Việt
người tiên tri
nguoi-tien-tri
ZUZU
umshayeli
um-sha-ye-li