Sal vs Sai - What's the difference?
sal | sai |
(chemistry, obsolete) salt
Shorea robusta , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
* 1989 , Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)
A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
As a noun sal
is salt.As a pronoun sai is
in this;.sal
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(-)Usage notes
Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.Derived terms
* sal absinthii * sal acetosellae * sal alembroth * sal ammoniac * sal catharticus * sal culinarius * sal cyrenaicus * sal de duobus * sal duplicatum * sal diureticus * sal enixum * sal gemmae * sal jovis * sal martis * sal microcosmicum * sal plumbi * sal Saturni * sal sedativus * sal seignette * sal soda * sal vitrioli * sal volatileEtymology 2
Alternative forms
* saul, shalaNoun
(en noun)- As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.
