English Explanatory Dictionary

nazar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An eye-shaped amulet supposed to protect against the evil eye in certain cultures.
name
  1. A transliteration of the Belarusian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Наза́р (Nazár)
  2. A surname.

Word forms

nazar nazars

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نظر (now Turkish nazar (boncuğu)), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar).

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