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periapt

 
Dictionary: per·i·apt   (pĕr'ē-ăpt') pronunciation
n.
A charm worn as protection against mischief and disease; an amulet.

[French périapte, from Greek periapton, from periaptos, hung around : peri-, peri- + haptos, fastened (from haptein, to fasten).]


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noun

    A small object worn or kept for its supposed magical power: amulet, charm, fetish, juju, phylactery, talisman. See supernatural.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - amulet

Nederlands (Dutch)
amulet

Français (French)
n. - amulette

Deutsch (German)
n. - Amulett

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φυλακτό, χαϊμαλί, (απαρχ.) περίαπτο

Italiano (Italian)
amuleto, talismano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - amuleto (m)

Русский (Russian)
амулет

Español (Spanish)
n. - amuleto, talismán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - amulett

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
护身符

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 護身符

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 호부, 부적

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - お守り, 護符

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تميمه, تعويذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קמיע‬


 
 
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