Nazar (amulet)

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A Turkish nazar boncuğu
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Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop.

A naẓar (from Arabic Template:Wikt-lang Script error: No such module "IPA"., meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts), or an eye bead is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye. The term is also used in Azerbaijani, Bengali, Hebrew, Hindi–Urdu, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Turkish, and other languages.[1] In Turkey, it is known by the name Script error: No such module "lang".[2] (the latter word being a derivative of Script error: No such module "Lang"., "bead" in Turkic, and the former borrowed from Arabic), in Greece it is known as Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Wikt-lang, 'eye'). In Persian and Afghan folklore, it is called a Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Langx) or Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[3] In India and Pakistan, the Hindi-Urdu slogan chashm-e-baddoor (Template:Wikt-lang, '[may the evil] eye keep away') is used to ward off the evil eye.[4] In the Indian subcontinent, the phrase nazar lag gai is used to indicate that one has been affected by the evil eye.[5][6][7]

The nazar was added to Unicode as Template:Unichar in 2018.[8]

Amulet

A typical nazar is made of handmade glass featuring concentric circles or teardrop shapes in dark blue, white, light blue and black, occasionally with a yellow/gold edge.[9] "The bead is made of a mixture of molten glass, iron, copper, water, and salt, ingredients that are thought to shield people from evil."[2]

"According to Turkish belief, blue acts as a shield against evil and even absorbs negativity."[2] In the Middle East and the Mediterranean,[10][11][12][13] "blue eyes are relatively rare, so the ancients believed that people with light eyes, particularly blue eyes, could curse you [one] with just one look. This belief is so ancient, even the Assyrians had turquoise and blue-eye amulets."[14]

Eye bead

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Eye beads

The Turkish Script error: No such module "Lang". (sometimes called a Script error: No such module "Lang". or eye bead) is a glass bead characterized by a blue glass field with a blue white and black dot superimposed on a white or yellow center. A design of great antiquity, the blue bead has gained importance as an item of popular culture in modern Turkey. The bead probablyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". originated in the Mediterranean and is associatedScript error: No such module "Unsubst". with the development of glass-making. Written documentation and extant beads date from as early as the 16th century BC. Glass beads were made and widely used throughout the ancient world: from Mesopotamia to Egypt, from Carthage to ancient Greece, from Phoenicia to Persia, and throughout the Roman imperial period.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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A depiction of a nazar boncuk on a Turkish airplane.

"The mythology behind it says that if one of the beads breaks down, it means a very strong nazar has hit you, and the bead stored it all up and broke down in order to protect the carrying person."[15]

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b c Williams, Victoria (2016). Celebrating Life Customs Around the World: From Baby Showers to Funerlan, p.344. ABC-CLIO. Template:ISBN. "nazar boncugu".
  3. ↑ M. Moin: A Persian Dictionary, 3rd edition, p. 4752 (in Persian).
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  6. ↑ Fallon, S.W. (1879). A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, p.1164. Lazarus. Template:Pre-ISBN. "nazar lagānā, v. a. To cast an evil eye upon; to regard with evil intent. [by an evil eye.
    nazar lagnā, yā khānā, v. n. To be influenced"
  7. ↑ Clark-Decès, Isabelle; ed. (2011). A Companion to the Anthropology of India, p.228. Wiley. Template:ISBN. "nazar lagana".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Lonely Planet Middle East. Lonely Planet; 6 edition, 2009, p. 559.
  10. ↑ Sinclair, H. R. (2022). A Writer's Guide to Color. H. R. Sinclair.
  11. ↑ Yablon, Alys R. (2015). Field Guide to Luck. Quirk Books. Template:ISBN.
  12. ↑ Martinson, Barbara; DeLong, Marilyn; eds. (2012). Color and Design. Bloomsbury. Template:ISBN.
  13. ↑ Darke, Diana (2014). Eastern Turkey, p.31. Bradt Travel Guides. Template:ISBN. The evil eye, "generally takes the form of a blue-eye, because foreigners, were more likely to have blue eyes, were also more likely to stare, thereby unwittingly contravening local convention, and, by admiring the children or possessions of their hosts, accidentally casting the evil eye upon them."
  14. ↑ Lynn, Heather (2019). Evil Archaeology, p.167. Red Wheel Weiser. Template:ISBN.
  15. ↑ TurkishClass101.com (2017) Learn Turkish - Level 2: Absolute Beginner. Innovative Language Learning.

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