క్షారము

See also: క్షీరము and క్షౌరము

Telugu

Alternative forms

క్షారం (kṣāraṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षार (kṣāra) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun

క్షారము • (kṣāramu) ? (plural క్షారములు)

salt, saltness.
(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue - alkali.

Antonyms

ఆమ్లము (āmlamu, “acid”)

References

"క్షారము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 339

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