kohl
/kəʊl/US/koʊl/
kohl noun: a dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.
Noun
kohl (uncountable)
Verb
kohl (third-person singular simple present kohls, present participle kohling, simple past and past participle kohled)
Proper noun capitalized: Kohl
Kohl (plural Kohls)
- A surname from German.
kohl meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
kohl in Hindi
- makeup
- सुरमा surmā, अंजन añjan, काजल kājal
kohl in Tamil
- makeup
- மை mai
kohl in Urdu
- makeup
- سرمہ surma, کاجل kājal, انجن anjan
kohl in Bengali
- makeup
- কাজল kajol, সুরমা śuroma
More languagesFewer languages
- kohl in Punjabi
- ਸੁਰਮਾ surmā
- kohl in Odia
- କଜଳ kajaḷa
- kohl in Arabic
- كُحْل kuḥl
- kohl in Persian
- سرمه sorma
- Dhivehi
- އަނދުން aⁿdun̊
Forms of kohl
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | kohls |
| present participle | kohling |
| past participle | kohled |
| past | kohled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kohls |
Origin of kohl
From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool.
From the German surname, from Kohl (“cabbage”). Compare Koehl, Cole, Coll, Kail, Kale.
Words formed from kohl
Phrases with kohl
Words that rhyme with kohl
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- parole
- toll
- dole
- goal
- patrol
- role
- swole
- bricole
- condole
- mole
- noel
- whole
- stroll
- bole
- knoll
- shoal
- carmagnole
- foal
- pistole
- prole
- Seoul
- stole
- thole
- Tyrol
- baklol
- cajole
- console
- decontrol
- dhole
- droll
- extol
- extrasystole
- gnoll
- hop pole
- indol
- memorial pole
- micromole
- mol
- Nicole
- nole
- ole
- parasystole
- schizocoel
- schizocoele
- sowl
- square peg in a round hole
- vole
Questions about kohl
- What does kohl mean?
- Kohl means a dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.
- What is kohl in Hindi?
- Kohl in Hindi is सुरमा (surmā), अंजन (añjan), काजल (kājal). See Kohl meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kohl?
- Kohl can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kohl?
- Kohl is pronounced /kəʊl/ (UK).
Words near kohl in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kohl (page history and authors); Kohl (page history and authors); ਸੁਰਮਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); କଜଳ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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