魔女

魔女

1. witch; sorceress; enchantress

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Appears to be from Middle Chinese 魔女 (MC muɑ ɳɨʌ^X|ɳɨʌ^H).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ま​じょ [máꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ʑo̞]

魔女 (hiragana まじょ, rōmaji majo, historical hiragana まぢよ)

1. a witch; a sorceress; an enchantress
   • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1985], Fujiko F. Fujio, “アン子こ 大おおいに怒いかる　（赤あか毛げのアン子こ　改かい題だい） [When Anko Really Gets Mad　(originally titled Redheaded Anko)]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), volume 3 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 71:

     アン子 (こ)。きみがみせたふしぎな力はね…。きみのおかあさんの家 (か)系 (けい)に、遠い昔 (むかし)から代 (だい)だい受 (う)けつがれてきた血 (ち)すじによるものだ。御 (ご)先 (せん)祖 (ぞ)は、ギリシアのテッサリア地方の出らしい。18世 (せい)紀 (き)にアメリカのサレムに移 (い)住 (じゅう)している。この家 (か)系 (けい)は、………つまりなんというか………。ゆいしょ正しい魔 (ま)女 (じょ)の名門なんだよ。

     Anko. Kimi ga miseta fushigi na chikara wa ne…. Kimi no okā-san no kakei ni, tōi mukashi kara daidai uketsugarete kita chisuji ni yoru mono da. Go-senzo wa, Girishia no Tessaria chihō no de rashii. Jūhachi-seiki ni Amerika no Saremu ni ijū shite iru. Kono kakei wa,……… tsumari nan to iu ka………. Yuisho tadashii majo no meimon nan da yo.

     Anko. As for the mysterious power you displayed…. It’s of a kind that has been running in your mother’s bloodline for generations since ancient times. Your ancestors seem to have come from Thessaly, Greece. They immigrated to Salem, America in the 18th century. That bloodline……… basically it was………. A noted line of true witches.

   • 1999 May 25, “エンジェル・魔ま女じょ [Angel-Witch]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

     天 (てん)使 (し)になる運 (うん)命 (めい)を背 (せ)負 (お)っていたが、あこがれの魔 (ま)女 (じょ)になった天 (てん)使 (し)。

     Tenshi ni naru unmei o seotte ita ga, akogare no majo ni natta tenshi.

     An angel who became an aspiring witch even though she was destined to be a full-fledged angel.

   • 2012 May 4, “獰どう猛もうさの勝しょう利り [Triumph of Ferocity]”, in アヴァシンの帰還 [Avacyn’s Return], Wizards of the Coast:

     魔 (ま)女 (じょ)よ、この呪 (のろ)いを解 (と)け。でなければ道 (みち)連 (づ)れにしてやる。

     Majo yo, kono noroi o toke. De nakereba michizure ni shite yaru.

     Rid me of this curse, witch. Or go down with me.