Amulets such as the Nazar are used in accordance with common sayings such as "an eye for an eye", where another eye can be used to protect the recipient of the malefic gaze. It is commonly believed that the evil eye can be given in the guise of a compliment, signifying its connection to the destructive power of envy (for one’s wealth, beauty etc.). In the Indian subcontinent, the phrase "Nazar lag gai" is used to indicate that one has been affected by the evil eye. In India and Pakistan, the Hindi-Urdu slogan Chashm-e-Baddoor is used to ward off the evil eye. In Persian and Afghan folklore, it is called a cheshm nazar ( Persian: چشم نظر) or nazar qurbāni (Persian: نظرقربانی). In Turkey, it is known by the name nazar boncuğu (the latter word being a derivative of boncuk, "bead" in Turkic, and the former borrowed from Arabic), in Greece is known as mati (the evil eye). The term is also used in Azeri, Bengali, Hindi, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu and other languages. Note the various modifications to the simple traditional form, such as setting the nazar into butterflies or Christian imagery.Ī nazar (from Arabic نَظَر Arabic pronunciation:, word deriving from Arabic, meaning sight, surveillance, attention, and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye. Nazars (charms against the evil eye) sold in a shop in Quincy Market, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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