Theta'wiz,tawiz(Urdu:تعویز,Hindi:तावीज़),[1]muska(Turkish) ortaʿwīdh(Arabic:تعويذ) is anamuletorlocketworn for protection common inSouth Asia.[2]
Tawiz is sometimes worn by Muslims with the belief of getting protection or blessings by virtue of what is in it.
It is intended to be an amulet. The wordta'wizis used to refer to other types of amulets. It may be apendant,carvings on metal, or even framedduas.[3]
Etymology
editThe wordta'wiz,used inUrduandHindicomes from the Arabic.[4][5]The Arabic wordtaʿwīdh,meaning "amulet" or "charm" is formed from the verbʿawwadha,which means "to fortify someone with an amulet or incantation".[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Also t'aweez, tabiz and other variant transliterations
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- ^Olwig, Karen Fog; Rytter, Mikkel (2011-06-10).Mobile Bodies, Mobile Souls: Family, Religion and Migration in a Global World.ISD LLC.ISBN978-87-7124-435-9.
- ^abAlī, Saiyada Asad (2000).Influence of Islam on Hindi Literature.Idarah-i-Adabiyat-Delli.
- ^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.
- ^"Ta'wiz or Talisman's origin, preparation, and permissibility".furzan.com.Retrieved2022-12-06.