قصرمل

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ⲕⲣⲙⲉⲥ (krmes, ash, soot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qusˤ.ru.mill/, /qusˤ.ri.mill/

Noun

قُصْرُمِلّ or قُصْرِمِلّ (quṣrumill or quṣrimillm

  1. (Egypt) debris from fire
    Synonym: تُرَاب الْحَرِيق (turāb al-ḥarīq)

Usage notes

In the masonry of Cairo, Rosetta etc., mortar is made from clay, lime and lastly, denoted by this word, the ashes of previously burnt buildings.

Declension

References

  • Kremer, Alfred von (1884) “قُصْرُمَل”, in Beiträge zur arabischen Lexikographie. II (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 35
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “قُصْرُمِلّ, قُصْرِمِلّ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 748b