boraks

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch borax, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboraks]
• Hyphenation: bo‧raks

Noun

boraks (first-person possessive boraksku, second-person possessive boraksmu, third-person possessive boraksnya)

1. borax

Further reading

• “boraks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Persian via Medieval Latin, and French borax.

Noun

boraks m (definite singular boraksen)

1. borax

References

• “boraks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• buras (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Persian via Medieval Latin, and French borax.

Noun

boraks m (definite singular boraksen)

1. borax

References

• “boraks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin borax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.raks/

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• Rhymes: -ɔraks
• Syllabification: bo‧raks

Noun

boraks m inan (related adjective boraksowy)

1. (inorganic chemistry) borax (white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.)

Declension

Declension of boraks

	singular
nominative	boraks
genitive	boraksu
dative	boraksowi
accusative	boraks
instrumental	boraksem
locative	boraksie
vocative	boraksie

Further reading

• boraks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• boraks in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• boraks in PWN's encyclopedia