English Words from Arabic
alkali
القِلْي
al-qily
From the ashes of a desert plant used for washing came the chemist's word for a base.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the ashes of saltwort
- Arabic today says
- القِلْوِيّ
The path between languagesal-qily → alkali
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