Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Coptic ⲕⲣⲙⲉⲥ (krmes, ash, soot).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /qusˤ.ru.mill/, /qusˤ.ri.mill/

Noun edit

قُصْرُمِلّ or قُصْرِمِلّ (quṣrumill or quṣrimillm

  1. (Egypt) debris from fire
    Synonym: تُرَاب الْحَرِيق (turāb al-ḥarīq)

Usage notes edit

In the masonry of Cairo, Rosetta etc., mortar is made from clay, lime and lastly, denoted by this word, the ashes of previously burnt buildings.

Declension edit

References edit

  • Kremer, Alfred von (1884) “قُصْرُمَل”, in Beiträge zur arabischen Lexikographie. II[1] (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 35
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “قُصْرُمِلّ, قُصْرِمِلّ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 748b