Nora

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Nora arabice calx.


Apparatus:

B adds on the different entry: notos gr̆. dorsum


Translation:

Nora is Arabic for Latin calx {"lime(stone)"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻧﻮﺭﺓ /nūra/ "lime, depilatory agent". Siggel (1950: 89): ﻧﻮﺭﺓ /nūra/ gelöschter Kalk, Haarentfernungsmittel {i.e. "slaked lime; hair remover"}.


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