cf . ▁modern ▁Heb rew ▁ כ ח ו ל ▁" blue ") ▁are ▁cogn ates , ▁from ▁a ▁Sem it ic ▁root ▁k - ḥ - l . ▁Trans liter ation ▁variants ▁of ▁Arab ic ▁dialect al ▁pron unci ation ▁include ▁k ohl ▁or ▁k u hl . ▁ ▁The ▁English ▁word ▁alco hol ▁is ▁a ▁loan ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁word ▁( via ▁Middle ▁Latin ▁and ▁French ; ▁originally ▁in ▁the ▁sense ▁" pow der ▁of ▁ant im ony ", ▁the ▁modern ▁meaning ▁is ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ). ▁ ▁The ▁Pers ian ▁word ▁for ▁k ohl ▁is ▁ س ر م ه ▁s orm eh , ▁from ▁Turkish ▁s ür me ▁" draw ing ▁along ", ▁which ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁H indi , ▁Beng ali ▁and ▁Ur du ▁sur ma ▁( स ु र म ा , ▁ স ু র ্ ম া , ▁ س ر م ہ ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Russian ▁. ▁In ▁some ▁South ▁Asian ▁languages , ▁the ▁term ▁k ā jal ▁or ▁k aj ol ▁is ▁used . ▁This ▁last ▁term ▁may ▁originally ▁have ▁a ▁D rav id ian ▁root . ▁ ▁In ▁Haus a , ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁to z ali ▁and ▁kw al li . ▁ ▁The ▁Greek ▁and ▁Latin ▁terms ▁for ▁ant im ony , ▁st ib ium , ▁ σ τ ί β ι , ▁ σ τ ί μ μ ι , ▁were ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁name ▁. ▁ ▁Middle ▁East