See hamsa on Wiktionary
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"etymology_links": [
[
"חַמְסָה",
"חמסה#Hebrew"
],
[
"خَمْسَة",
"خمسة#Arabic"
]
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},
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"ref": "2020 November 25, Tanya Dukes, “Gilt-y Pleasures: Holiday Gift Ideas for the Jewelry Lover”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2021:",
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}
],
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"The Hand of Fatima."
],
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{
"word": "amulet"
},
{
"word": "charm"
}
],
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"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"tags": [
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},
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"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
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"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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],
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈhæm.sə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɑm.sə/"
}
],
"word": "hamsa"
}
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]
},
{
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]
},
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"alternative"
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"text": "Reverence for the amulets cuts across religious boundaries. Jews come for Kabbalistic bracelets, glass hamsas or strings of ceramic pomegranates.",
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111,
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"ref": "2020 November 25, Tanya Dukes, “Gilt-y Pleasures: Holiday Gift Ideas for the Jewelry Lover”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2021:",
"text": "Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized the world over.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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},
{
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}
],
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}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɑm.sə/"
}
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَمْسَة"
},
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"lang": "Catalan",
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"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"word": "hamsa"
},
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"feminine"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
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"word": "חמסה"
},
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"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "hamsá"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chamsá"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Hand of Fatima — see also Hand of Fatima",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jamsa"
}
],
"word": "hamsa"
}
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