evil eye

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌiːvl̩‿ˈaɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌiːvɪl-/
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• General-American: /ˌiv(ə)l̩‿ˈaɪ/
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From Middle English ivel eie (“evil eye; envy”), from Old English eage yfel, a calque of Latin oculus malus, from oculus (“eye”) + malus (“bad, evil, wicked; destructive, hurtful, injurious; unfavourable, unlucky”).

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: syri i keq — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Albanian: syni keq — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Amharic: ቡዳ (buda) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Arabic: عَيْن اَلْحَسُود (ʕayn al-ḥasūd) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Arabic: عين حارّة (ʿayn ḥārrah) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Aramaic: ܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ (ʿaynā bīštā) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Mandaic: ࡀࡉࡍࡀ ࡁࡉࡔࡕࡀ (ayna bišta) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Armenian: չար աչքն (čʻar ačʻkʻn) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Azerbaijani: göz — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Azerbaijani: pis göz — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Azerbaijani: nəzər — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Azerbaijani: bəd nəzər — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Bengali: দৃষ্টি (driśṭi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Bengali: নজর (nojor) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Caribbean Hindustani: najar — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Catalan: mal d'ull — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵙⵜ (tafust) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪眼 (xiéyǎn) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡魔之眼 /恶魔之眼 (è mó zhī yǎn) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其之眼 (tǔ ěr qí zhī yǎn) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Corsican: l'ochju — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Czech: uhranutí — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Dutch: boze oog — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Esperanto: malica okulo — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Estonian: kuri silm — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Estonian: kaetis — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Finnish: paha silmä — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• French: mauvais œil — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Galician: mal de ollo — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Galician: aire — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Galician: meigallo — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Galician: ollada — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Georgian: ავი თვალი (avi tvali) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• German: böser Blick — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌻 (augō unsēl) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Greek: βασκανία (vaskanía) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Greek: μάτιασμα (mátiasma) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Greek: μάτι (máti) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Gujarati: દૃષ્ટિ (dŕṣṭi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Gujarati: નજર (najar) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Haitian Creole: maldyòk — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Hebrew: עַיִן הָרַע ('áyin hará') — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Hindi: दृष्टि दोष (dŕṣṭi doṣ) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Hindi: नज़र (nazar) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Hindi: नज़र लगना (nazar lagnā) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Hungarian: szemmel verés — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Hungarian: gonosz szem — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Indonesian: dengki — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Irish: drochshúil — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Italian: malocchio — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Italian: iettatura — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Japanese: イーヴィルアイ (īviruai) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Japanese: 邪眼 (jagan) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Japanese: 邪視 (jashi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Japanese: 凶眼 (kyōgan) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Japanese: 魔眼 (magan) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Kazakh: көз тию (köz tiü) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Kikuyu: gĩthemengũ — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Korean: 사시 (sasi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Korean: 사안 (saan) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Korean: 마안 (maan) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Central Kurdish: چاو پیس (çav pîs) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ladino: עין־הרע (aynará) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Lithuanian: pikta akis — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Lithuanian: nužiūrėjimas — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Macedonian: уро́кливо о́ко (uróklivo óko) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Macedonian: у́рок (úrok) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Malay: mata jahat — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Malayalam: ദൃഷ്ടിദോഷം (dr̥ṣṭidōṣaṁ) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Malayalam: കണ്ണേറ് (kaṇṇēṟŭ) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Malayalam: നാവേറ് (nāvēṟŭ) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Maltese: l-għajn — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Manipuri: minu — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Manipuri: hingchabi changba — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Manipuri: minu changba — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Norman: mauvais yi — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Norwegian: onde øyet — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Odia: ଦୃଷ୍ଟି (druṣṭi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Odia: ନଜର (najara) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Persian: چشم زخم (čašm zaxm) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Persian: نظر (nazar) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Persian: چشم شور — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Polish: złe oko — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Portuguese: mau olhado — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Portuguese: olho gordo — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Punjabi: ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Romanian: deochi — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Russian: дурно́й глаз (durnój glaz) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Russian: сглаз (sglaz) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Sanskrit: दृष्टि दोष (dṛṣṭi doṣa) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Sanskrit: दृष्टिदोष (dṛṣṭidoṣa) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Scottish Gaelic: droch shùil — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Serbo-Croatian: урокљиво око — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Serbo-Croatian: назар — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Serbo-Croatian: у́рок — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Serbo-Croatian: urokljivo oko — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Serbo-Croatian: nazar — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Serbo-Croatian: úrok — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Sicilian: occhiu potenti — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Sicilian: malocchiu — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Sicilian: occhiata — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Sinhalese: ඇස්වහ (æswaha) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Slovak: z očí — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Slovene: zlobno oko — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Somali: il — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Somali: ilaaco — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Somali: sixir — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Spanish: mal de ojo — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Swahili: jicho — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Swahili: jicho baya — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Swedish: onda ögat — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Tagalog: balis — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Tagalog: ohiya — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Tagalog: usog — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Tamil: திருஷ்டி (tiruṣṭi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Tamil: கண்ணூறு (kaṇṇūṟu) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Tamil: கண்ணேறு (kaṇṇēṟu) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Telugu: దిష్టి (diṣṭi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Telugu: దృష్టి (dr̥ṣṭi) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Thai: นัยน์ตาปีศาจ (nai dtaa bpeesàat) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Trinidadian Creole English: maljo — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Turkish: göz — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Turkish: kem göz — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Turkish: nazar — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: пристріт (prystrit) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: вроки (vroky) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: навроки (navroky) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: призір (pryzir) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: прозір (prozir) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: зурочення (zuročennja) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Ukrainian: зочення (zočennja) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Urdu: نظر (nazar) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Urdu: چشمِ بد (chashm-é-bad) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Urdu: نظرِبد (nazar-é-bad) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Welsh: llygad drwg — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Welsh: llygad mall — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Yiddish: עין־הרע (eynóre) — wicked look conveying dislike or envy believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look
• Greek: μάτι (máti) — pendant
• Polish: złe oko — pendant
• Finnish: mulkoilu — look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.
• Polish: złe oko — look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.
• Swedish: onda ögat — look conveying disapproval, envy, hostility, etc.