Dictionary

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This is a dictionary of terms for blindfolds in several languages. Strictly for those REALLY weird occasions. Please send additions and correction to blindfold9@hotmail.com. Click here for the UTF8 (multinational) version.

Language	Noun	Verb	Adjective	Name of the Game
Albanian			me sy të lidhur	lojë symbyllazi
Breton		mouchañ		mouchig-dall
Chinese	ï
Czech	zavázané ochi / poslepu	zavázat ochi	se zavázanýma ochima
Danish	øjenbind	binde for øjnene på én	med bind for øjnene, med tilbundne øjne	blindebuk
Dutch	blinddoek	blinddoeken	geblinddoekt	blindemannetje
English	blindfold	blindfold	blindfold(ed)	blind man's / blindman's buff / bluff
Estonian	silmi kinni siduma		kinniseotud silmadega, adv. pimesi
Finnish	silmäside, sokko	sitoa jkn silmät	sidotuin silmin, silmät sidottuina	sokko(leikki)
French	bandeau	bander les yeux à q-n	les yeux bandés	colin-maillard
German	Augenbinde, Augenverband	j-m die Augen verbinden	mit verbundenen Augen	Blindekuh, Blinde Kuh
Greek (modern)			me deména ta mátia
Hungarian		félrevezet, szemét beköti vkinek	bekötött szemû, bekötött szemmel, elvakultan, meggondolatlan, vaktában
Icelandic	bindi fyrir augun, augnabindi	binda fyrir augun á e-m	með bundið fyrir augun	skollaleikur
Italian	benda per gli occhi	bendare gli occhi a	a occhi bendati	mosca cieca
Latin			oculis opertis
Manx	doalanagh, doallah
Norwegian			med bind for øynene	blindebukk
Portuguese			com os olhos vendados	a cabra cega
Romanian		a lega la ochi	legat la ochi
Russian		zav'azyvat' glaza
Sanskrit	abhinahana		abhinaddhaaksha	netrebandha
Slovak			so zaviazanými ochami
Spanish	una venda para los ojos	vendar (los ojos)	con los ojos vendados	la gallina ciega
Swedish	ögonbindel	binda för ögonen på ngn	med förbundna ögon	blindebock
Turkish	gözbaghi	gözlerini baghlamak	gözleri baghli	körebe
Welsh		mygydu

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