Nazar eye Low-poly 3D model

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Human: A blue bead known as the evil eye amulet protects individuals against envy. This concept has been adopted by many languages including Albanian, Urdu, Pashtun, Bengali, Kurdish, Persian, and others. In Turkey it's called the nazar boncuk which is derived from boncuk meaning small beads and nazar coming from Arabic. Historically in Turkey they're also referred to as mavi boncuk or gokce munchuk from Old Turkic language both meanings are blue bead. The people of Iran and Afghanistan call it cheshm nazar or nazar qurbani. In Pakistan a famous slogan used is Chashm-e-Baddoor meaning good sight. It's widely believed in many cultures if someone is constantly complimented, they might get sick unless someone says with the will of God to neutralize the curse. In South Asia when an overzealous mother realizes her child is receiving excessive compliments, it becomes a norm for them to ward off evil by circling their child's head using red chilies before throwing them away. The nazar itself resembles handmade glass amulets typically featuring teardrop or concentric circles patterns in dark blue white light blue and black colors with occasional yellow gold borders. These can be spotted hanging everywhere including Turkey Macedonia Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Greece Cyprus Syria Lebanon Israel Egypt Armenia Iran Afghanistan Pakistan Iraq Algeria and Azerbaijan where the evil eye charm is hung from windows, office spaces, vehicles kids clothing, and jewelry for its mystical protective properties making them highly sought-after souvenirs among tourists.