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borax
تنكار tinkār
n. tnkār – borax (min.) show/hide quotes-
Albuzale Simp. §6.8: Et ista sunt valde mundificativa quando miscentur cum aceto morphee et lepre. Et hoc idem facit allium silvestre, scilicet scordeon, et sal petroleon et borax et sal armoniacum
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Albuzale Simp. §11.141: Borax est calidum et siccum in quarto. Valet proprietate sua corrosionibus dencium et caninorum dencium
Laba.: التنكار حارّ يابس في الرابعة ينفع بخاصّيّة فيه من تأكّل الأسنان والأضراس
- 2 Albuzale Simp.
Probably < Malayan tingkal. Goltz 1972, 281–282.
< Arabic bawraq ‘natron’ < Persian būrah.