charakter

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charakter

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Directly borrowed from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr). Doublet of character.

noun charakteres

A glyph with no agreed semantic or phonetic value, generally formed by deforming a letter of the Greek alphabet or a simple geometric symbol via one of several predefined processes, used as part of magical texts in the Hellenistic world. […] (yellow diasper; inscription in a circle enclosing magical charakteres on two lines; other letters (?) and charakteres on the rim; scorpion on the reverse; 3rd cent. A.D.; N. 660/661) […]

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@misc{charakter_2026,
  title = {charakter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/charakter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}