boraks

From Dutch borax, from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

• IPA^(key): [ˈboraks]
• Hyphenation: bo‧raks

boraks (first-person possessive boraksku, second-person possessive boraksmu, third-person possessive boraksnya)

1. borax

• “boraks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Middle Persian via Medieval Latin, and French borax.

boraks m (definite singular boraksen)

1. borax

• “boraks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• buras (dialectal)

From Middle Persian via Medieval Latin, and French borax.

boraks m (definite singular boraksen)

1. borax

• “boraks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin borax.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.raks/

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• Rhymes: -ɔraks
• Syllabification: bo‧raks

boraks m inan (related adjective boraksowy)

1. (inorganic chemistry) borax (white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.)

• boraks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• boraks in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• boraks in PWN's encyclopedia