كھارا

खारा khārā[S. क्षार+कः], adj. (f. -ī), Alkaline; salt, saline, brackish; bitter:—khārīmiṭṭī, s.f. Saline soil; soil impregnated with alkali:—khārīnon, or khārīnamak, s.f. Alkaline salt; a kind of sulphate of soda (used in medicine, and for the adulteration of common salt).