खारा کھارا ♣ Eng. serene

खारा کھارا ♣ Eng. serene

[kʰārā], adj. alkaline, salty, saline, saltish, brackish.

[◀MIA: Pk. khāra- ‘biting, alkaline’, khāra-, chāra-, °aya m. ‘alkali, ashes’; Pa. khāra- m. ‘alkali, potash’, °raka- ‘sharp or dry’, °rika- ‘alkaline’ ◀OIA kṣārá- ‘corrosive’ R., m. ‘alkali’ Yājñ., n. ‘any corrosive substance’ lex. <√kṣai ‘burn’ ◀PIE *k̂sā- ‘to burn; to dry’] ♣[=PIE *k̂sā- ‘to burn; to dry’> *k̂sē̆-ro- ‘dry; bright (of weather)’ ▶∙∙∙→Eng. serene ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0867; (Turner, 1966) 3674, p.195; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 236; (MW, 1899) 0327, 0333; (Pokorny, 1959) 0624, 0625; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.430