شخار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian [Term?].

Noun

شخار • (şahar)

1. (chemistry) potash; alkali

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شخار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1118

Persian

Alternative forms

• خشار
• اخشار

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit क्षार (kṣārá).

Noun

شخار • (šaxâr)

1. (chemistry) potash; alkali