tincal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋkl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl

Noun

tincal (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, dated) crude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds

See also

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tincal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Tincal”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “tincal”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

French

Noun

tincal m (plural tincaux)

  1. tincal

Further reading

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