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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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qilw قِلْو , var. qilaⁿ, qily 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√QLW/Y 
n. 
alkali, base, lye (chem.) – WehrCowan1976. 
▪ Orig., *‘roasted mineral, potashes’, from ↗¹qalā, vb. I, ‘to fry, bake, roast’. 
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Cf. also ↗¹qalā. 
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▪ Engl alkali, lC14, ‘soda ash’, from mLat alkali, from Ar al-qaliy ‘the ashes, burnt ashes’ (of saltwort, which abounds in soda due to growing in alkaline soils), from qalà ‘to roast in a pan’. Later extended to similar substances, natural or manufactured. The modern chemistry sense is from 1813 – EtymOnline (as of 18Sep2020). ▪ Engl alkali, hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, from Ar (al‑)qily ‘the ashes, lye, potash’, from qalà ‘to fry, roast’ – Huehnergard2011. 
►qilwī, adj., alkaline, basic: nisba formation of qilw | al‑qilwiyyāt, n.nhum.pl., the bases (chem.)
►taqliyaẗ, n.f., alcalization (chem.): vn. II.
 
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