"魔女" meaning in Japanese

See 魔女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ma̠ʑo̞] Forms: 魔女 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じょ)), majo [romanization], madyo [romanization], まぢよ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Appears to be from Middle Chinese 魔女 (MC ma nrjoX|nrjoH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=まじょ}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|魔女}} 魔女 (MC ma nrjoX|nrjoH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まじょ|hhira=まぢよ}} 魔(ま)女(じょ) • (majo) ^(←まぢよ (madyo)?)
  1. A witch; a sorceress. Wikipedia link: ja:魔女 Categories (topical): Female people, Occult, Wicca
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