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語源

A sample of kohl

A food seller from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and his granddaughter with kohl-lined eyes

From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/
• (General American) IPA: /koʊl/
• 異形同音異義語: coal, cole
• 韻: -əʊl

名詞

kohl (uncountable)

1. A dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.

   Hypernyms: eyeliner < makeup, cosmetic

派生語

• kohl pencil

動詞

kohl (third-person singular simple present kohls, present participle kohling, simple past and past participle kohled)

1. (transitive) To decorate one's eyes with kohl.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 241:

     A plain, big woman with heavily kohled eyes and pudgy arms.

参考

• kohl rabi (etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

• kohl (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• holk