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lampblack meaning in Sanskrit

कज्जल kajjala

lampblack in Sanskrit: कज्जल (kajjala). In English, lampblack means an amorphous form of carbon made from soot (incompletely burned organic matter); used to make pigments and inks.

Sanskrit words for lampblack

lampblack
कज्जल kajjala

English meaning of lampblack

  1. noun An amorphous form of carbon made from soot (incompletely burned organic matter); used to make pigments and inks.
  2. verb To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.

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Questions about lampblack in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of lampblack in Sanskrit?
Lampblack in Sanskrit is कज्जल (kajjala).
lampblack इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Lampblack: कज्जल (kajjala).
What does lampblack mean in English?
Lampblack means an amorphous form of carbon made from soot (incompletely burned organic matter); used to make pigments and inks.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “lampblack”: कज्जल. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: lampblack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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