This is also the explanation behind some Uzbek names being verbatim translated to seemingly trivial words like “axe”, “hoe”, “sickle”. The belief was that evil spirits will be confused by the name and haunt the object instead of the baby.
This is also the explanation behind some Uzbek names being verbatim translated to seemingly trivial words like “axe”, “hoe”, “sickle”. The belief was that evil spirits will be confused by the name and haunt the object instead of the baby.