*√KḤL “dark”

#Semitic *√KḤL ( + ḥkl, ḥkll, ḥlk, ḥlkm) “dark, kohl” appears in:

#Akkadian

• ekēlu “be dark”
• ekl “dark”
• guḫl “antimony” (<westsemitic)

#Hebrew

• kāḥal “wear blush”
• kāḥāl “kohl”
• ḥaḵlīl “dull, vague, unclear, deep color (of the eyes)”

#ModernHebrew

• kāḥōl “blue” (< Arabic)

#Aramaic

#Judeopalestinian

• kōḥălā “kohl”

#Arabic

• kaḥila “be dark, black”
• kuḥl “kohl” > “alcohol”
• akḥal “black, green, blue”
• ḥalika “be very dark”
• ḥalkam “very black”
• ḥakala “be confused, obscure”

#Darija

• kḥəl “black”
• kḥol “kohl”

#Palestinian

• koḥli “dark, dark blue”
• koḥol “kohl, very dark”

#ModernSouthArabian

#Mehri

• kēḥel “kohl, antimony”

#Harsusi

• eḥel “kohl, antimony”

#Jibbali

• kaḥl “kohl, antimony”

#Soqotri

• keḥel “kohl, antimony”

#Ethiopian

#Tigre

• käḥala “cover eyelids with antimony”

#Tigrinya

• kwäḥalä “cover eyelids with antimony”

#Amharic

• kwalä “cover eyelids with antimony”