an amulet or charm to ward off illness or other misfortune · a magic charm
köken: Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 呪符 (MC tsyuwH bju). Alternatively, coined in Japanese from Sinitic elements. First cited to a work from 1884.
köken: Borrowed from Latin amulētum (“amulet”), later also an internationalism chiefly via German Amulett (“amulet”) and French amulette (“amulet”) (see also English amulet).
song, tune · a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song · poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be sung), verse (esp. lyric or epic verse)
çekim: çoğul carmina · tamlayan carminis
köken: According to Varro its earlier form was *casmen. From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”). Cognate to Sanskrit शस्मन् (śásman, “hymn, laud, invocation, eulogy, recited verse”). Further cognate to Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hazjan, “to praise”), Old English herian (“to praise, extol, commend”). See Camēna, Casmēna. Compare Latin Casmenae. Sometimes referred to…
aile: Carmentis, Carmenta, carminō
mīlle dea est operum: certē dea carminis illa est;