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talco

talc — a very soft mineral; the powder made from itmineral muy blando; polvo que se hace con él

Comes from Arabic

طَلْق

ṭalq

“talc, mica”«el talco, la mica»

Arabic today says

طَلْق

ṭalq

And it still does

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Modern Arabic has both طلق and تلك; the latter is the word coming back from European languages.En árabe moderno conviven طلق y تلك; esta última es la palabra que vuelve de las lenguas europeas.

In a sentence

Ponle polvos de talco al bebé.

Put some talcum powder on the baby.

ضَعْ بُودْرَةَ التَّلْكِ لِلرَّضِيع.

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