Merlin

See also: merlin and Merlín

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from the Old Welsh Myrddin, a name roughly meaning "of the sea-hills," from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

Proper noun

Merlin

1. A wizard in the Arthurian legend.

Translations

Wizard in Arthurian legend

• Arabic: مرلين‎ m
• Armenian: Մեռլին (Meṙlin)
• Breton: Merzhin m
• Catalan: Merlí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅林 (zh) (Méilín), 魔灵 (Mólíng), 密林 (zh) (Mìlín), 默林 (Mòlín), 墨林 (zh) (Mòlín), 穆林 (Mùlín)

• Cornish: Marzhin
• Dutch: Merlijn (nl) m
• Finnish: Merlin (fi)
• French: Merlin (fr) m

  Old French: Merlin m

• German: Merlin (de) m
• Greek: Μέρλιν m (Mérlin), Μέρλιν ο Μάγος m (Mérlin o Mágos)
• Hebrew: מרלין‎ m
• Italian: Merlino m, mago Merlino m

• Japanese: マーリン (Mārin)
• Korean: 멀린 (meollin)
• Latin: Merlinus m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Merlin (pl) m
• Portuguese: Merlin m, Merlim m
• Romanian: Merlin m
• Russian: Ме́рлин (ru) m (Mérlin)
• Spanish: Merlín m
• Thai: เมอร์ลิน
• Ukrainian: Мерлін n (Merlin)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Myrddin m
• Western Panjabi: مرلن‎

Anagrams

• Milner, limner

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Merlim

Etymology

Borrowed from English Merlin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.ˈlĩ/, /ˈmɛʁ.lĩ/

Proper noun

Merlin m

1. (Arthurian legend) Merlin (wizard who helped Arthur)

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Welsh

Proper noun

Merlin

1. Nasal mutation of Berlin.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Berlin	Ferlin	Merlin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.