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See also: Kohl

English

WOTD – 30 June 2017

Etymology

A sample of kohl

A food seller from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and his granddaughter with kohl-lined eyes

From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”).

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /koʊl/
Homophones: coal, cole
Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

kohl (uncountable)

A dark powder (usually powdered antimony) used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.

Synonyms

stibnite

Derived terms

kohl pencil

Translations

makeup

Arabic: كُحْل (kuḥl)
Catalan: alcofoll (ca)
Finnish: kajaali (fi)
German: Kajal (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: στίβι n (stíbi)
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Hindi: सुरमा (hi) m (surmā), अंजन (hi) m (añjan)
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Persian: سرمه (fa) (surma)
Russian: сурьма́ (ru) f (surʹmá), кра́ска для век f (kráska dlja vek)
Turkish: sürme (tr)

Verb

kohl (third-person singular simple present kohls, present participle kohling, simple past and past participle kohled)

To decorate one's eyes with kohl.

Further reading

kohl (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

holk

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