evil eye

Etymology


From, from , a , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people.
 * 2) The charm used to ward off the evil eye; a nazar.
 * 3)   A look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.
 * 1) The charm used to ward off the evil eye; a nazar.
 * 2)   A look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.
 * 1) The charm used to ward off the evil eye; a nazar.
 * 2)   A look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.
 * 1)   A look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.

Usage notes
Often used in the form “to give [someone] the evil eye”.

Translations

 * Albanian: syri i keq, syni keq
 * Amharic: ቡዳ
 * Arabic: عَيْن اَلْحَسُود, عين حارّة
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ
 * Armenian: չար աչքն
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bengali: ,
 * Caribbean Hindustani: najar
 * Catalan: mal d'ull
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵙⵜ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 惡魔之眼, 土耳其之眼
 * Corsican: l'ochju
 * Czech: uhranutí
 * Dutch: boze oog
 * Esperanto: malica okulo
 * Estonian: kuri silm, kaetis
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, , meigallo, ollada
 * Georgian:
 * German: böser Blick
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌻
 * Greek:, ,
 * Gujarati: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: दृष्टि दोष, नज़र, नज़र लगना
 * Hungarian:, gonosz szem
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: drochshúil
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: イーヴィルアイ, 邪眼,, 凶眼, 魔眼
 * Kazakh: көз тию
 * Kikuyu: gĩthemengũ
 * Korean:, , 마안(魔眼)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: چاو پیس
 * Ladino: aynará
 * Lithuanian: pikta akis, nužiūrėjimas
 * Macedonian: уро́кливо о́ко, у́рок
 * Malay: mata jahat
 * Malayalam:, ,
 * Maltese: l-għajn
 * Mandaic: ࡀࡉࡍࡀ ࡁࡉࡔࡕࡀ
 * Manipuri: minu, hingchabi changba, minu changba
 * Norman: mauvais yi
 * Norwegian: onde øyet
 * Odia: ,
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, złe spojrzenie
 * Portuguese: mau olhado,
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: दृष्टि दोष,
 * Scottish Gaelic: droch shùil
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: урокљиво око, назар, у́рок
 * Roman: urokljivo oko, nazar,
 * Sicilian: occhiu potenti, malocchiu,
 * Sinhalese: ඇස්වහ
 * Slovak: z očí
 * Slovene: zlobno oko
 * Somali: il, ilaaco, sixir
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, jicho baya
 * Swedish: onda ögat
 * Tagalog: balis, ohiya, usog
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: นัยน์ตาปีศาจ
 * Trinidadian Creole English: maljo
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: пристріт, вроки, навроки, призір, прозір, зурочення, зочення
 * Urdu:, چشمِ بد, نظرِبد
 * Welsh: llygad drwg, llygad mall
 * Yiddish: עין־הרע


 * Greek:


 * Finnish: mulkoilu
 * Macedonian:
 * Swedish: onda ögat