Chashme Baddoor (slogan)

Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means "far be the evil eye".[1]

  1. ^ Phillott Douglas Craven, Hindustani Manual, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, ISBN 978-1-110-78714-2, ... Chashm-i bad dUr " far be the evil eye" ...