Nazar

Rarity: Uncommon

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What Wikipedia says

A naẓar (from Arabic ‏نَظَر‎ [ˈnaðˤar], meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts), or an eye bead, is an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Nazar (amulet)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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