kohl

kohl

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊl/
• Homophones: coal, cole
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

kohl (uncountable)

1. 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)

Hindi: सुरमा (hi) m (surmā), अंजन (hi) m (añjan) Kurdish: kil‎ (ku) (kil) 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)

1. To decorate one's eyes with kohl.

Further reading

• kohl (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• holk