Urdu Dictionary

کاجل काजल kājal

H کاجل काजल kājal [S. कज्जलं], s.m. Lamp-black (applied medicinally and as a collyrium to the eyes); soot:—kājal pārnā (with loc.), To collect lamp-black (on a plate, &c., by placing it over a lamp or candle):—kājal-dān, s.m. A box or receptacle for lamp-black:—kājal denā, or kājal sārnā = kājal lagānā, q.v.:—kājal-kī kothṛī, s.f. A room in which lamp-black is stored; a coal-cellar; a pitch-pot, &c.;—a place the going into which, or an affair the being engaged in which, brings disgrace or a stain or suspicion on one's character:—kājal lagānā (-meṅ), To apply lamp-black (to the eyes).