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pijar

Pronunciation: /ˈpid͡ʒar/

“pijar” is a Malay word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Chinese imported crude borax for batik and metal works; e.g., tincal.
  2. Fragments of hot metals or billets, especially for forging.
  3. The process of liquefying the state of a metal; e.g. annealing, melting
  4. A very hot oil.
  5. only used in belalang pijar (“ladybird”)

adjective

  1. Glowing red heat as a result of being heated; e.g. incandescent, red-hot.
  2. To feel a temporary painful cutaneous condition in the skins, caused by the capsaicin in chili peppers; to feel chili burn.

verb

  1. To anneal metal.

Etymology

Unknown, possibly native. Compare Tagalog pirali, Old Javanese pijer and Indonesian pijer.

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