Etymology

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Today it means: crude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds Full definition →

Arabic تِنْكَار ← Persian تنکار ← Sanskrit टांकण
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromटांकण
  2. Persian · derived fromتنکار
  3. Arabic · derived fromتِنْكَار
  4. English todaytincal

From Arabic تِنْكَار (tinkār), from Persian تنکار (tankâr), from Sanskrit टांकण (ṭāṃkaṇa). Compare altincar and tincar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.