amulet
/ˈæm.jə.lɪt/
amulet noun: a religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, the evil eye, or evil spirits.
Noun
amulet (plural amulets)
- A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, the evil eye, or evil spirits.
- The soldier wore an amulet for protection.
- An ancient amulet was discovered in the ruins.
- Synonyms:
- charm, craft, fetish, juju, lucky charm, madstone, mascot, mojo, periapt, phylactery
amulet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
amulet in Hindi
- protective charm
- तावीज़ tāvīz, कवच kavac
amulet in Tamil
- கழுத்து, காப்பணி, எந்திரம், காப்புநாண், மந்திரத்தகடு, தாயத்து
amulet in Marathi
- तावीज, ताबीज
amulet in Urdu
- protective charm
- تَعْوِیذ ta'vīz, طِلِسْم tilism
More languagesFewer languages
- amulet in Bengali
- তাবিজ tabij, কবচ koboc
- amulet in Telugu
- రక్ష rakṣa
- amulet in Malayalam
- തായത്ത്, രക്ഷാകവചം, രക്ഷ, മന്ത്രത്തകിട്
- amulet in Kannada
- ತಾಯಿತ
- amulet in Sanskrit
- मङ्गल maṅgala
- amulet in Assamese
- মাদলী madoli, তাবিজ tabiz, ৰক্ষাকৱচ roikkhakowos
- amulet in Nepali
- बुटि buṭi
- amulet in Tagalog
- dupil
- amulet in Arabic
- تَمِيمَة tamīma, أُخْذَة ʔuḵḏa, تَعْوِيذَة taʕwīḏa, حِجَاب ḥijāb
- amulet in Malay
- azimat, tangkal
- amulet in Indonesian
- jimat
- amulet in Thai
- เครื่องราง krʉ̂ʉang-raang, พิสมร, ของขลัง kɔ̌ɔng-klǎng
- amulet in Vietnamese
- bùa, yếm thắng vật, yếm thắng thuật
- amulet in Myanmar
- အဆောင် a.hcaung, အခံ a.hkam
Examples of amulet in a sentence
- I want a physrep for my new amulet, but I can't find anything I like.
- No medicine, no amulet relieves it, not even the compassionate Isis to whom I pray daily.
- When crossing rivers, some of them carried amulets that would protect them from a Kongamato.
Synonyms of amulet
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Forms of amulet
| plural | amulets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | amulette |
Origin of amulet
From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.
Words formed from amulet
Questions about amulet
- What does amulet mean?
- Amulet means a religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, the evil eye, or evil spirits.
- What is amulet in Hindi?
- Amulet in Hindi is तावीज़ (tāvīz), कवच (kavac). See Amulet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amulet?
- Amulet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amulet?
- Amulet is pronounced /ˈæm.jə.lɪt/.
- What is the plural of amulet?
- The plural of amulet is amulets.
Words near amulet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: amulet (page history and authors); amulet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amulet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); రక్ష (Telugu) (page history and authors); amulet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amulet (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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