English Explanatory Dictionary

miswak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chewstick used particularly by Muslims for cleaning the teeth, made from twigs of trees of species Salvadora persica.

Word forms

miswak miswaks miswaak

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْوَاك (miswāk), derived from Persian سواک (sevâk, “a teeth cleaning twig made from the arak tree”), originated from pre-Islamic Persia.

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