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Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Calque of Hebrew עין תחת עין (ayin tahat ayin), in reference to Exodus 21:23-25: "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe" (King James Version; spelling modernized).
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Amharic:
ዓይን ስለ ዓይን
(ʿayn səlä ʿayn)
— compensation for an injury
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Amharic:
አይን ስለ አይን
(ʾäyn səlä ʾäyn)
— compensation for an injury
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Amharic:
አይን ሥለ አይን
(ʾäyn śəlä ʾäyn)
— compensation for an injury
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Amharic:
ዓይን ሥለ ዓይን
(ʿayn śəlä ʿayn)
— compensation for an injury
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Arabic:
الْعَيْنُ بِالْعَيْن
(al-ʕaynu bi-l-ʕayn)
— compensation for an injury
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Aramaic:
ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܠܵܦ݂ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ
(ʿaynā ḥlāp̄ ʿaynā)
— compensation for an injury
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Armenian:
ակն ընդ ական
(akn ənd akan)
— compensation for an injury
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Azerbaijani:
gözə göz, dişə diş
— compensation for an injury
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Belarusian:
во́ка за во́ка, зуб за зуб
(vóka za vóka, zub za zub)
— compensation for an injury
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Belarusian:
во́ка за во́ка
(vóka za vóka)
— compensation for an injury
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Bulgarian:
о́ко за о́ко, зъб за зъб
(óko za óko, zǎb za zǎb)
— compensation for an injury
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Bulgarian:
о́ко за о́ко
(óko za óko)
— compensation for an injury
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Catalan:
ull per ull, dent per dent
— compensation for an injury
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Chinese Mandarin:
以眼還眼 /以眼还眼
(yǐ yǎn huán yǎn)
— compensation for an injury
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Chinese Mandarin:
以牙還牙 /以牙还牙
(yǐ yá huán yá)
— compensation for an injury
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Czech:
oko za oko, zub za zub
— compensation for an injury
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Czech:
oko za oko
— compensation for an injury
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Danish:
øje for øje
— compensation for an injury
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Dutch:
oog om oog, tand om tand
— compensation for an injury
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Esperanto:
okulon pro okulo, denton pro dento
— compensation for an injury
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Estonian:
silm silma vastu
— compensation for an injury
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Faroese:
eyga fyri eyga
— compensation for an injury
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Faroese:
eyga fyri eyga, tonn fyri tonn
— compensation for an injury
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Finnish:
silmä silmästä
— compensation for an injury
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French:
œil pour œil
— compensation for an injury
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Galician:
ollo por ollo
— compensation for an injury
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Georgian:
თვალი თვალისთვის
(tvali tvalistvis)
— compensation for an injury
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Georgian:
თვალი თვალის წილ
(tvali tvalis c̣il)
— compensation for an injury
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German:
Auge um Auge
— compensation for an injury
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Ancient Greek:
ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος
(ophthalmòn antì ophthalmoû odónta antì odóntos)
— compensation for an injury
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Hebrew:
עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן
('áyin táḥat 'áyin)
— compensation for an injury
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Hindi:
ख़ून का बदला ख़ून
(xūn kā badlā xūn)
— compensation for an injury
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Hungarian:
szemet szemért
— compensation for an injury
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Italian:
occhio per occhio
— compensation for an injury
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Japanese:
目には目を
(me ni wa me o)
— compensation for an injury
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Korean:
눈에는 눈
(nuneneun nun)
— compensation for an injury
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Macedonian:
око за око, заб за заб
(oko za oko, zab za zab)
— compensation for an injury
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Macedonian:
око за око
(oko za oko)
— compensation for an injury
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Maltese:
għajn għal għajn, sinna għal sinna
— compensation for an injury
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Maltese:
għajn għal għajn
— compensation for an injury
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Norwegian Bokmål:
øye for øye, tann for tann
— compensation for an injury
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
auga for auga, tann for tann
— compensation for an injury
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Church Slavic:
око за око, зѫбъ за зѫбъ
(oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ)
— compensation for an injury
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Church Slavic:
ⱁⰽⱁ ⰸⰰ ⱁⰽⱁ, ⰸⱘⰱⱏ ⰸⰰ ⰸⱘⰱⱏ
(oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ)
— compensation for an injury
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Old English:
ēaġe for ēaġe
— compensation for an injury
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Polish:
oko za oko, ząb za ząb
— compensation for an injury
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Polish:
oko za oko
— compensation for an injury
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Portuguese:
olho por olho
— compensation for an injury
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Russian:
о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб
(óko za óko, zub za zub)
— compensation for an injury
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Russian:
о́ко за о́ко
(óko za óko)
— compensation for an injury
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Russian:
глаз за глаз
(glaz za glaz)
— compensation for an injury
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Scottish Gaelic:
ìghne airson ìghne
— compensation for an injury
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Scottish Gaelic:
sùil airson sùla is fiacaill airson fiacla
— compensation for an injury
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Serbo-Croatian:
око за око, зуб за зуб
— compensation for an injury
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Serbo-Croatian:
око за око
— compensation for an injury
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Serbo-Croatian:
oko za oko, zub za zub
— compensation for an injury
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Serbo-Croatian:
oko za oko
— compensation for an injury
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Slovak:
oko za oko, zub za zub
— compensation for an injury
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Slovak:
oko za oko
— compensation for an injury
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Slovene:
oko za oko, zob za zob
— compensation for an injury
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Slovene:
oko za oko
— compensation for an injury
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Lower Sorbian:
woko za woko
— compensation for an injury
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Upper Sorbian:
woko za woko
— compensation for an injury
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Spanish:
ojo por ojo
— compensation for an injury
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Swahili:
jicho kwa jicho
— compensation for an injury
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Swedish:
öga för öga
— compensation for an injury
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Tagalog:
mata sa mata
— compensation for an injury
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Tamil:
பழிக்குப்பழி
(paḻikkuppaḻi)
— compensation for an injury
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Telugu:
కంటికి కన్ను, పంటికి పన్ను
(kaṇṭiki kannu, paṇṭiki pannu)
— compensation for an injury
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Turkish:
göze göz
— compensation for an injury
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Ukrainian:
о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб
(óko za óko, zub za zub)
— compensation for an injury
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Ukrainian:
о́ко за о́ко
(óko za óko)
— compensation for an injury
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Urdu:
خون کا بدلہ خون
(xūn kā badlā xūn)
— compensation for an injury
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Vietnamese:
mắt đền mắt, răng đền răng
— compensation for an injury
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Vietnamese:
mắt đền mắt
— compensation for an injury
