guardian angel

English

WOTD – 3 June 2012

A postcard depicting a guardian angel

Etymology

guardian + angel

Pronunciation

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Noun

guardian angel (plural guardian angels)

1. (religion) A tutelary angel watching over a particular person in monotheistic contexts.
2. (figuratively) A person who watches over another.

Hypernyms

• (tutelary spirit): angel; see also Thesaurus:spirit
• (protector): caretaker, tutelary

Translations

spirit

• Arabic: مَلَاك حَارِس m (malāk ḥāris)
• Armenian: պահապան հրեշտակ (hy) (pahapan hreštak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 守護天使／守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ), 守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)

• Crimean Tatar: qoruyıcı melek
• Czech: anděl strážný, anděl strážce
• Danish: skytsengel
• Dutch: beschermengel (nl) m, engelbewaarder (nl) m
• Esperanto: gardanĝelo
• Estonian: kaitseingel (et)
• Finnish: suojelusenkeli (fi)
• French: ange gardien (fr) m
• German: Schutzengel (de) m
• Greek: φυλακάγγελος m (fylakángelos)
• Gujarati: પાલક દેવદૂત (pālaka dēvadūta)
• Hungarian: őrangyal (hu)
• Irish: aingeal coimhdeachta m
• Italian: angelo custode m
• Japanese: 守護天使 (しゅごてんし, shugotenshi)
• Korean: 수호천사 (ko) (suhocheonsa)
• Latin: angelus custōs m
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• Maori: anahera kaitiaki
• Navajo: diyin naalʼaʼí naa áhályánígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skytsengel m

  Nynorsk: skytsengel m

• Persian: فرشتهٔ نگهبان (ferešte-ye negahbân)
• Polish: Anioł Stróż (pl) m
• Portuguese: anjo da guarda m
• Romanian: înger păzitor (ro)
• Russian: а́нгел-храни́тель (ru) m (ángel-xranítelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анђео чувар m

  Roman: anđeo čuvar m

• Slovak: anjel strážny
• Spanish: ángel protector m, ángel de la guarda (es) m
• Swedish: skyddsängel
• Tagalog: anghel na bantay, hilagyo
• Tamil: காவல் தேவதை (ta) (kāval tēvatai)
• Turkish: koruyucu melek
• Uyghur: قوغدىغۇچى پەرىشتە (qoghdighuchi perishte)
• Vietnamese: thiên thần hộ mệnh.

person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: suojelija (fi)
• Hungarian: őrangyal (hu)
• Slovak: anjel strážny

See also

• daimon, genius, genius hominis, tutelary deity (similar concepts in polytheistic contexts)