camphor
English
/ˈkæmfɚ/, /ˈkæmfə/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
Etymology
Derived from Old French camphore derived from Latin camphora derived from Arabic كَافُور derived from Malay kapur derived from Sanskrit कर्पूर (camphor).
Origin
Sanskrit
कर्पूर
Gloss
camphor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- camphine English
- camphogen English
- camphol English
- camphoraceous English
- camphoric English
- camphorsulfonic acid English
- camphorsulphonic English
- camphorsultam English
- camphorweed English
- camphorwood English
- camphory English
- camphretic acid English
- camphrous English
- oxycamphor English
- sulfonic acid English
- sulphonic English
- sultam English
- weed English
- wood English
- camphora Latin
- canfora Italian
- ка́мфара Russian
- καφουρά Ancient Greek
- kamfer Norwegian Bokmål
- kamfora Polish
- kamfer Norwegian Nynorsk
- कर्पूर Sanskrit
- كافور Arabic
- كَافُور Arabic
- camphore Old French
- càmfora Catalan, Valencian
- การบูร Thai
- kapur Malay
- zat kapur Malay
- ပရုတ် Burmese
- ქაფური Georgian
- kafuri Swahili
- *qapuʀ Proto-Austronesian
- កប៌ូរ Central Khmer
- 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 Middle Persian
- kafur Hausa
- كافور, الكافور Andalusian Arabic