Tawiz (amulet)

<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2>
<p>The word <i>ta'wiz</i>, used in <a href="/facts/Urdu/oLrhuXc6">Urdu</a> and <a href="/facts/Hindi/n1QIEeCC">Hindi</a> comes from the Arabic.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The Arabic word <i>taʿwīdh</i>, meaning "amulet" or "charm" is formed from the verb <i>ʿawwadha</i>, which means "to fortify someone with an amulet or incantation".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Al-Falaq/hsdVXMx6">Al-Falaq</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Al-Fatiha/4Lr7mF49">Al-Fatiha</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Al-Nas/K2nEyVSk">Al-Nas</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Throne_Verse/c4fIa0ne">Throne Verse</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kautuka/3ReeRk9t">Kautuka</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mannat/EdU3bCB6">Mannat</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nazar_(amulet)/PC82huPB">Nazar (amulet)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Also t'aweez, tabiz and other variant transliterations <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Chalmers, Beverley; Meyer, Denny (1993). "Adherence to traditional Indian customs surrounding birth". South African Medical Journal. 83 (3): 206. PMID 8511690. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/PMID_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Olwig, Karen Fog; Rytter, Mikkel (2011-06-10). Mobile Bodies, Mobile Souls: Family, Religion and Migration in a Global World. ISD LLC. ISBN 978-87-7124-435-9. <a href="978-87-7124-435-9" target="_blank">978-87-7124-435-9</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Alī, Saiyada Asad (2000). Influence of Islam on Hindi Literature. Idarah-i-Adabiyat-Delli. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Alī, Saiyada Asad (2000). Influence of Islam on Hindi Literature. Idarah-i-Adabiyat-Delli. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Moberley, A. N. (1907). "Amulets as agents in the prevention of disease in Bengal". In Asiatic Society of Bengal (ed.). Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 1. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. pp. 223–248. page 224. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jWUxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA224" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=jWUxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA224</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Ta'wiz or Talisman's origin, preparation, and permissibility". furzan.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06. <a href="https://furzan.com/blog/taweez-origins-preparation-permissibility.html" target="_blank">https://furzan.com/blog/taweez-origins-preparation-permissibility.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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