See kohl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "hi",
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"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "kājal",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "काजल"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "kil"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "sorma",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "سرمه"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"code": "ru",
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "surʹmá",
"sense": "makeup",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сурьма́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kráska dlja vek",
"sense": "makeup",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кра́ска для век"
},
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"roman": "kajál",
"sense": "makeup",
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],
"word": "кайал"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "antimonita"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "mai",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "மை"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "sürme"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "rastık"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "ʼısam",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "عصام"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "surma",
"sense": "makeup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سرمہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "kājal",
"sense": "makeup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "کاجل"
},
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "anjan",
"sense": "makeup",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "انجن"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"sense": "makeup",
"word": "tìróò"
}
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"word": "kohl"
}
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"translation": "etymologically unrelated",
"word": "kohl rabi"
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"To decorate one's eyes with kohl."
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"(transitive) To decorate one's eyes with kohl."
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/koʊl/",
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}
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