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Himalayan salt

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of rock salt from the Punjab region, sometimes pinkish in color, used for seasoning food and for making decorative lamps, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 喜馬拉雅鹽 /喜马拉雅盐 (Xǐmǎlāyǎ yán) — form of rock salt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玫瑰鹽 /玫瑰盐 (méiguīyán) — form of rock salt
  • Dutch: himalayazout — form of rock salt
  • Esperanto: Himalaja salo — form of rock salt
  • Finnish: kristallisuola — form of rock salt
  • French: sel de l'Himalaya — form of rock salt
  • German: Himalayasalz — form of rock salt
  • Greek: αλάτι Ιμαλαΐων (aláti Imalaḯon) — form of rock salt
  • Gujarati: સિંધવ (sindhav) — form of rock salt
  • Hebrew: מלח הימלאי (mélakh himalái) — form of rock salt
  • Hindi: सेंधा नमक (sendhā namak) — form of rock salt
  • Hindi: लाहौरी नमक (lāhaurī namak) — form of rock salt
  • Macedonian: хималајска сол (himalajska sol) — form of rock salt
  • Marathi: सैंधव (saindhav) — form of rock salt
  • Persian: نمک صورتی — form of rock salt
  • Persian: نمک پنجاب — form of rock salt
  • Portuguese: sal do Himalaia — form of rock salt
  • Russian: ро́зовая гимала́йская соль (rózovaja gimalájskaja solʹ) — form of rock salt
  • Russian: гимала́йская соль (gimalájskaja solʹ) — form of rock salt
  • Swedish: himalayasalt — form of rock salt
  • Tamil: இந்துப்பு (intuppu) — form of rock salt