Lilith

See also: lilith

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לילית‎.

Proper noun

Lilith

(mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore.
(astrology) The "dark moon" or "black moon", not an actual phase of the moon but the empty focus of the ellipse described by its orbit.
A female given name.

Translations

mythological demon

Arabic: ليليث‎‎
Armenian: Լիլիթ (Lilitʿ)
Georgian: ლილითი (liliti)
Hebrew: לִילִית‎‎ (he) f (lilít)

Latvian: Lilita
Marathi: लिलिथ f (lilitha)
Persian: لیلیت‎‎
Russian: Лили́т (Lilít)

female given name

Armenian: Լիլիթ (Lilitʿ)
Hebrew: לִילִית‎‎ (he) f (lilít)

Latvian: Lilita

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