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Vampire is Vampir in Turkish, this page is wrong.

The Turkish word for vampire is vampir. I request a change. It's wrong information. 85.99.199.107 (talk) 19:54, 15 June 2024 (UTC) Vampire is mainstream though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.100.79.164 (talk) 15:25, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

The etymology of the word itself is from Serbian old Slavonic language "pir" meaning dinning. And word "van" out, go outside. Which can be interpreted as getting out of grave and dinning 178.189.48.98 (talk) 10:53, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

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Change "Serbian" to "Serbo-Croatian," as вампир entered Austrian German in the 1700s when literary standard Serbian wasn't yet differentiated as a separate entity from the later referenced Bosnian and Croatian. Linguistics' earliest reference of the language was Jacob Grimm's 1824 use of the term "Serbo-Croatian," making examples of Bosnian "вампир" self-evident and as autoreferential as saying Australian English "vampire" was borrowed from the British English "vampire." The way the article phrases it gives a chronologically confusing and incomplete look into the etymology of the word, and only stands to misinform the reader. Zalihost (talk) 20:45, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

This would require citations to show the current version is incorrect. — The Hand That Feeds You: 15:34, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

I think the article would benefit from specific examples of these.

this is a theme encountered in myths from the Indian subcontinent, as well as in South American tales of witches and other sorts of evil or mischievous spirits or beings. 2404:4404:370C:7200:5A5:5D06:2A3F:8988 (talk) 11:54, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Mysterious medieval ‘child vampire’ burial unearthed in Poland

Doug Weller talk 08:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Etymology of the word

The etymology of the word itself is from Serbian old Slavonic language "pir" meaning dinning. And word "van" out, go outside. Which can be interpreted as getting out of grave and dinning. 178.189.48.98 (talk) 10:52, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2024

The fifth sentence of the first paragraph of the “Etymology and word distribution” section contains some egregious spelling errors and one questionable word usage. I am quoting the sentence here, with the errors italicized and my suggested corrections in parentheses.

“Oxford and others maintan (maintain) a Tukish (Turkish) origin (from Turkish uber, meaning "witch"), which passed to English via Hugarian (Hungarian) and French mediation (derivation).”

2603:9001:4500:1C09:ECF6:DCE7:3CB3:D7D1 (talk) 23:35, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done --RL0919 (talk) 00:00, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
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