realgar
Meaningmine powder
Common meaning: red arsenic sulphide
- realgarmine powderSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 493 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Arabic rahj al-ghar ‘mine powder’.
Roots
- rahj al-ghar Arabic “mine powder”
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