चश्म-ए-बद दूर

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • चश्मे बद्दूर (caśme baddūr), चश्मे-बद्दूर (caśme-baddūr)
  • चश्म बद दूर (caśma bad dūr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَشْمِ بَد دُور (čašm-i bad dūr). See चश्म-ए-बद (caśm-e-bad, “evil eye”) and दूर (dūr, “far”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.meː bəd̪ d̪uːɾ/, [t͡ʃɐʃ.meː‿bɐd̪‿d̪uːɾ]

Interjection

चश्म-ए-बद दूर • (caśm-e-bad dūr) (Urdu spelling چشم بد دور)

  1. Chashme Baddoor; "far be the evil eye"
  2. knock on wood, touch wood
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