ܒܽܘܪܟܳܐ bwrkʾ burkā borax
Allotropes: ܒܘܿܪܩܵܐ bwrqʾ borqā; ܒܘܪܩ bwrq. Derivative: ܢܝܬܪܘܢ ܡܒܘܪܩܐ nytrwn mbwrqʾ borax nitrate
Early MP *bōrak, later *bōrag; NP būra, būrak nitre, borax (Steingass 206); Arm. LW porag id. As far as the meaning of the Syr. word is concerned, PS Suppl. remarks that it does not indicate the modern borax, but a "mediaeval flux"; see also Laufer 1919, 503. — Arab. būraq ® It. borace ● bwrkʾ Med 313, 23; Duv B 2, 37, 4; EN 24, 42; BA n 2317; BB 375, 4; bwrqʾ Duv B 2 passim; Bh ad Jer 2, 22; bwrq Duv B 2, 54, 21; nytrwn mbwrqʾ Duv B 2, 26 apu ◆ LS 97a, 98b; Lagarde GA 21, 44; PS Suppl. 47