شخار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian [Term?].

Noun

شخار • (şahar)

(chemistry) potash; alkali

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شخار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1118

Persian

Alternative forms

خشار
اخشار

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit क्षार (kṣārá).

Noun

شخار • (šaxâr)

(chemistry) potash; alkali

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